manhood
Example Sentences
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Nobody’s looking to the hairless men of reality television as role models, but their popularity suggests that cultural cues around manhood may be evolving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
"Instead, we've left a void, one which has been filled with nefarious online actors peddling their own narratives surrounding what a successful manhood looks like."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
“The American Crisis,” Mr. Kelly writes, “spoke to citizens’ fear and despair, but also to their anger, their sense of family, their feelings of manhood, duty, and pride.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 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
But Hermes met me, with his golden wand, barring the way—a boy whose lip was downy in the first bloom of manhood, so he seemed.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
