manliness

Example Sentences

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Male characters embody strength and embrace manliness in a way that trucks along completely outside our fraught and raging “What’s the matter with men?” discourse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

"A lot of people ask me: 'Father Moses, how can I increase my manliness to absurd levels?'"

From BBC • May 24, 2025

If the human face and the hair that sprouts from it represents an index of manliness, cultural values did not always welcome the degree of manliness exuded by beards.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2024

As Freeman notes, these insults “demanded an immediate challenge, for they struck at the core elements of manliness and gentility.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

A corno looks like a tiny chili pepper, but it’s a small, twisted red horn, meant to ward off the evil eye and any curses to your manliness.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti