manhood
Example Sentences
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It teaches the difference between boyhood and manhood, between self-indulgence and self-restraint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
They were quiet or steady or unbothered, because the manhood was already there in the work and the spine and the care.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
"It's almost like he is trying to reach for this glorified manhood that he cannot embody anymore," said Sabrina Karim, a political science professor at Cornell University.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
And when does poking fun at arrested manhood cross into enabling it?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
He who had left them quick, in the prime of his manhood, author of their own fire and illumination, returned to them cold, already a bronzed statue.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
