butch

Example Sentences

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"My sexuality has no bearing on whether I look girly, or whether I'm butch or whatever I present myself to be," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

So, is it possible to butch up vegetables?

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2024

Roxane Gay: I read “Stone Butch Blues” when I was 17, and it was the first time I saw anything resembling butch identity.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

“We understood that what we had was a butch lesbian,” she said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023

Yours sincerely, Dave Mitchell Now that I’m a free citizen again, I dig out my black sweater, look disgustedly at the butch haircut, and go out to mail my letter.

From It’s like this, cat by Neville, Emily