Example Sentences

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Then, after listing more reasons, as a punctuation point, she said: “We have emasculated our men.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2022

They tried in December to torpedo the special court with legislation that would have emasculated its function.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2018