Example Sentences

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CCW has been with American Giant since the startup’s very beginning, and that long relationship is evident in the masculinely affectionate relationship between Winthrop and the Ashbys.

From The Verge • Feb. 20, 2018

The essay would then breezily catalog some of sangria’s contemporary cousins: the West Indian cocktail known as sangaree, say, or “mangria,” which masculinely blends red wine with grape vodka.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2013

She was not a girl whom you could masculinely protect.

From The Roll-Call by Bennett, Arnold

I could see he wanted to take me in his arms and protect me masculinely from the rising storm.

From Sacred and Profane Love by Bennett, Arnold

So more than masculinely coarse she was in some ways, indeed, that Henry James once insinuated that, while she may have been to all intents and purposes a man, she was certainly no gentleman.

From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 by Hughes, Rupert