unmanly

Example Sentences

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Unmanly as it may seem, he burst suddenly into tears, and stepped across the room to throw his arms round Netta's neck.

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant

Unmanly deed—Recky, d' you want bes' fren' ev' had to do unmanly deed, and dish'point trustin' female?

From A Good Samaritan by Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman

Unmanly doom! 'twere better far to die— Death is a gentler lord than tyranny.

From The House of Atreus by Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)

One of these is "The Cruise of the Somers; illustrative of the Despotism of the Quarter Deck; and of the Unmanly Conduct of Commander Mackenzie."

From James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford

Unmanly to resolve to resist temptation in the future!

From Oscar The Boy Who Had His Own Way by Aimwell, Walter