manly
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The symbolism whacks you like a 90-pound dumbbell: Being more manly solves everything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
On the window ledge sit the manly accoutrements of shaving: a Barbasol aerosol canister and a safety razor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Trying to look manly and tough when your entire regime, from the top on down, consists of shifty characters with a wide range of obvious personality disorders might seem like a categorical error.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
Rachel Mason says when she posts about TRT she finds "many women are so scared to start testosterone, they worry they will become manly, develop facial hair, lose themselves."
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
He placed his knuckles on the sides of his hips, hoping that he looked strong and manly.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
This virile display is apparently part of a sub-trend in gender reveal nation: making the parties manlier.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2018
Sitters would often use the opportunity as a sort of wish fulfilment, posing as someone wealthier, manlier, more interesting.
From Economist ● Aug. 17, 2017
After all, they don't come much manlier than Manchester United Methuselah Ryan Giggs and he's hawking a yoga DVD.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2011
There never lived a finer, manlier man than Dr. Barbour.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Alexandrian tragedians came long after Euripides, and to their sophisticated taste his pathetic and emotional plays appealed far more than the austerer and manlier masterpieces of his two great predecessors.
From A Book About the Theater by Brander Matthews
“We have to be the manliest of men,” Tipton said.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 4, 2020
It would seem that the obvious way to get more men to wear masks would be to make the manliest version of a mask possible.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2020
A City Hall staffer told Mosby many were stunned because “I was the manliest man anyone had met in their lives.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2019
Men have prostates, so what’s the manliest thing we can promote?
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2015
“Bear with me. This is going to be the manliest thing you’ve ever heard.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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