Example Sentences

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One of the unintended side effects of the conceptualization of homosexuality as an identity in this time period is that all expressions of homosociality were subsumed within it.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023

Inside the sanctum of 221B Baker Street, Holmes and Watson existed in a fantasy of late Victorian homosociality, a cross between Oxbridge undergraduate life and feckless bohemia.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2020

Whether it’s hazing, or toxic homosociality, or even just a heist movie or The Hangover, America’s formula for male bonding revolves around the antisocial violation of pro-social codes.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2018

Lincoln’s sexuality remains an open question, but expressions of affection that break with modern notions of homosociality were many and varied.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2016

The scenes described in the ads—the props, the costumes, the dialogue—capture the drama and spectacle of white male homosociality.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2015