Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“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

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

Goodman is pleased to identify elbowing as the Renaissance counterpart of manspreading and wonders if our own urban gang culture can illuminate that earlier era’s “urgent need for visible respect.”

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2018

She told the Guardian: “That’s the feminist in me! Did you know they banned manspreading in Madrid? I was like, ‘Yay!’”

From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2018

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