manliness

Example Sentences

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The problem, as a trio of newish shows suggests, is that the old scripts for proving one’s vaunted manliness no longer function the way they once did—if they ever did.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

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

From BBC • May 24, 2025

Roy is a pretty straight case of some version of manliness we’ve seen a lot of.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2024

He quotes a former girlfriend with a telling observation about a TV figure who seemed to be the essence of manliness: Bourdain was actually an adolescent all his life.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022

He, after all, had no standards of manliness, of virility, to complicate his pride.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin