masculine

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The most masculine thing you can do is face your highs and lows head on and own them.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 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

A German listener can instantly narrow the options, ruling out masculine or neuter singular nouns.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026

She had seen a great deal of beauty in her short life, but it was Jordan College beauty, Oxford beauty—grand and stony and masculine.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman