virile

Example Sentences

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It’s a story about a heated affair with a younger man, accompanied by a virile electronic beat.

From Los Angeles Times

Set in New Orleans in the early 1900s, this reboot is more faithful to its original text with virile vampires and red-blooded romance front and center, just as Rice originally wanted it.

From Seattle Times

Their guru’s virile presence and checkered past preceded him in his days as a figure on the Sunset Strip.

From Los Angeles Times

To call this a virile view of art would be to imply that feminine eyes are incapable of “big strong seeing,” which obviously won’t do.

From Washington Post

It's similar more broadly to Nixon's obsession with big, strong, virile, authoritarian men.

From Salon