male

Example Sentences

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“I really like writing about non-toxic male friendships and relationships,” Lawrence said.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Matt Wrack, NASUWT's general secretary, said if female teachers are struggling to contain gender-based aggression, it is a "ticking time bomb" and male students need to be helped before "it is too late".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

West, one of the grande dames of the movement, got her start at Seattle alt-weekly the Stranger and spent years excoriating fatphobia, online misogyny, and male entitlement for the ur-millennial-feminist site Jezebel.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Those who test positive must participate in male, mixed, or open events, with rare exceptions for XY people whose disorders mean they don’t have any sort of athletic edge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

From our much more broadminded twenty-first-century North American viewpoint, it’s important to remember that identifying yourself as male or female doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with your sexual orientation.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein