virile

Example Sentences

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It inspired his themes—war, fear, mutilation, endurance, courage, comradeship and death—and his laconic and stoical, virile and aggressive heroes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Now, a new, more virile chortle has risen to take its place.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023

The cowboy has long stood as a symbol of American values and virile masculinity.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2022

For the first of the two ensemble modern pieces, Eyal’s “Faunes,” a virile Antonin Monié fronted seven slinky swans against a brilliant, orange-lit Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2022

She was a big woman, in stature almost equalling her husband, and corpulent besides: she showed virile force in the contest—more than once she almost throttled him, athletic as he was.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë