man's man
Example Sentences
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We appointed Tom Hardy—both a man’s man and a female’s man—as a brand ambassador.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
“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
Papa Hemingway was king of the stereotypical man's man.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2021
Connery may in fact be the last movie star who could be called a man’s man without the more modern subtext of thuggishness attached.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2020
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
