Thesaurus / manful
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In Roosevelt’s scheme of things, imperialism was a necessary “manly” duty that American men needed to take up, or risk letting the reins of global power be seized by a “more manful race.”
EMPIRES AND ‘EFFEMINATE MEN.’ AFTER BRITAIN AND AMERICA, IT’S CHINA’S TURN TO WORRY ABOUT MASCULINITYDEBASISH ROY CHOWDHURYSEPTEMBER 10, 2021TIMEOn the ninth day, Bruce abandoned his engines, and delivered a general assault; but still the besieged made manful defence.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISONThus the word is not a vague epithet: the words simply mean, that the manful exertions of Machaon were arrested.
STUDIES ON HOMER AND THE HOMERIC AGE, VOL. 1 OF 3W. E. GLADSTONEThat's not a bad name for a warrior, sounding much more manful and valiant than Deerslayer!
THE DEERSLAYERJAMES FENIMORE COOPERAnd I make my oath that I never beheld so fierce and manful a combat in all of my life.
THE STORY OF THE CHAMPIONS OF THE ROUND TABLEHOWARD PYLEThey were all soldiers—he said—in the trenches under the poisonous gas of the Prince of Darkness, and must be manful.
THE FORSYTE SAGA, VOLUME III.JOHN GALSWORTHYIn his small blue overalls and jumper, in his alert and manful attitude, Little Jim was a pocket edition of his father.
PARTNERS OF CHANCEHENRY HERBERT KNIBBSHe sops and sneezes, runs at the eyes and nose, half manful, half miserable.
FROM CAPETOWN TO LADYSMITHG. W. STEEVENSSick wasting misery has become noble manful effort with a goal in our eye.
PAST AND PRESENTTHOMAS CARLYLELook on him there: a man of manful aspect; something of the 'cheerfulness of pride' still lingering in him.
PAST AND PRESENTTHOMAS CARLYLEWORDS RELATED TO MANFUL
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