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virility

[vuh-ril-i-tee] / vəˈrɪl ɪ ti /


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But behind the staged virility lies a ruler unusually preoccupied with bodily decline.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

What McCarthy discovers is that in a society obsessed with male bravado, one that far too often values virility above vulnerability, it’s the knocking down of emotional walls that enables male friendships to thrive.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

Chakwera and Biya used very different approaches to tackle the rumours about illnesses, but they had a similar intent - to project, and protect, an image of strength and virility.

From BBC Oct. 18, 2024

Youth and virility are big parts of masculinity.

From Slate Sep. 21, 2024

He, after all, had no standards of manliness, of virility, to complicate his pride.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

But, within weeks, he was at work on a chipper mural for the men’s lounge at Radio City Music Hall: orchestrated virilities of smoking, card playing, motoring, horse racing, sailing, and a barber pole.

From The New Yorker Jun. 13, 2016

And so, toward the end of his year, he was physically not far from where he had been on coming to Deutschland for the sake of its inspiring virilities.

From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Henry, Stuart Oliver




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