Example Sentences

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“DC, do we really need to do a manspreading campaign on our trains?! I thought we were above this,” she wrote in the tweet accompanied by the photo.

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Remember the various dubious anatomical explanations for manspreading?

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2021

Comic Sans is what Shelton calls “a fun-times font,” manspreading across paper in strokes thicker than fair Cambria or no-nonsense Garamond.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2019

Millions of people around the world have watched a viral video that appears to show a woman taking direct action against "manspreading".

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2018

I understand that tanking a professional sports team is considered a social faux pas akin to manspreading on the subway or clipping your fingernails in the waiting room at the DMV.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2016