masculine

Example Sentences

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The jury praised Barclay's debut performance for its "exploration of Britishness, class, race and masculine identity, through an evocative, experimental use of language and a psychologically immersive soundscape"

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

The new rules of masculine engagement seem to drive these television men crazy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Even Mathew Knowles has publicly fiddled with the true name of his diagnosis, opting instead for the not-quite-accurate “chest cancer” and also “male breast cancer,” which falsely implies a masculine version of the disease.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

As a woman working in big-budget, mainstream film, Fennell’s boldness is mistaken for trashiness; her feminine gaze is confused with a typically masculine gratuitousness.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

Gender, a grammatical term for “kind,” describes the ways some languages categorize nouns and pronouns as masculine, feminine, or neuter.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner