Example Sentences

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It’s an underdeveloped joke: “Dangerous Animals” is a nightmare about meeting the mansplainer from hell.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

“Women in the Picture” opens with a story about fending off an unwelcome mansplainer in a museum.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

The incel is someone who wants to be looked up to as someone who's sexually attractive, and the mansplainer wants to be looked up to as someone who's an authoritative source of information.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2020

But the 1971 book contains something extra: an erudite satire of contemporary art, often expounded upon by an insufferable mansplainer.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2020

My dad, a good guy and patient listener to me as a child, has become an incredibly irritating mansplainer.

From Slate • Dec. 31, 2019