man's man

Example Sentences

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His unnamed, unrefined spy who liked to cook was in stark relief to the suave man’s man that was James Bond and an uncomfortable sight for some of the producers of the film adaptation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“They came to me and said, ‘You played Hercules, you played a hero, you played a guy who was a man’s man, and we want to do a book that deals with masculinity.’

From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2023

He’s a man’s man, physically strong, can fix anything, build anything, do anything he sets his mind to, takes excellent care of our grown children and adores me.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023

As "Hemingway" explains, "The world saw him as a man's man, but all his life he would privately be intrigued by the blurred lines between male and female, men and women."

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2021

Ray Veech, a man’s man, who spent his life under cars with grease up to his elbows.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck