gay

Example Sentences

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“I wish I’d played Benedict in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ and Antonio in ‘The Merchant of Venice,’ who was one of Shakespeare’s gay characters,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

I see flashes of modern neo-noirs like Paul Schrader’s “The Canyons,” and the cold but still realistic otherworldliness in David Cronenberg’s “Dead Ringers” and “The Shrouds,” filtered through a silly, gay “Single White Female’ lens.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

He did not openly identify as gay given the complication of social life in middle class Bengal in the times he lived in.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

If I wanted to do serious work on behalf of gay people, I needed more than slogans and passion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

He spoke cheerfully: the gay tones set my heart at ease.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë