unmanly
Example Sentences
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"In this category, he exhibits one of the most unmanly of behaviors: He's a blamer," Nichols writes.
From Salon ● May 25, 2020
While soccer is the global game, the CPL is describing their brand as “distinctly Canadian”, an attacking hard-nosed style where the feigning of phantom injuries is seen as unmanly.
From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 2019
There’s something so utterly unpresidential about tweeting matters of import — and, frankly, so unmanly — one wonders why Mattis remained as long as he did.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2018
“From what source come these unmanly fears that prevail among us? ... What is it that has shaken the nerves of so many?” asked journalist Walter Lippmann, himself not a little shaken by the proposal.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2017
And it seemed to me that there was something unmanly about my attachment to literature.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
