How to Use manly in a Sentence

manly

adjective

• He wasn't manly enough to fight.
• He has a deep, manly voice.
• Just look at the view from up here—the rugged mountains, the manly rocks.
  — Douglas Watson, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2020
• On the right is a square bar with tall, manly, dark wood chairs.
  — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• The serene and manly Harry Styles did that for him, one of the best albums of 2017.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Philly.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• Of what avail is life why sigh and fret, When manly hopes are only born to fade?
  — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2017
• Gone fishing What’s the manly version of a spa gift set?
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2018
• The rash is harder to get rid of on the manly parts than Stephenson has been for LeBron.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• Still, the young men’s fathers each felt their son had a manly duty to serve.
  — Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
• Clean hair is the next step to your manly grooming routine.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 May 2022
• Dean, of course, is terrified of heights and tries to act all manly while piddling in his pull ups.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 19 June 2017
• The ones that Matthew McConaughey pretends to drive in very manly ways?
  — Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 26 Oct. 2017
• The manly culture of the NBA demands a constant verbal assault on the refs.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2017
• But white women stayed home; they weren’t supposed to do manly work.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2022
• Not before, of course, greeting the day by ripping the curtains open and treating the trees to a full-frontal view of his manly form.
  — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
• This is the ideal scent for those who want a crisp, manly scent that remains pristine throughout the day.
  — Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022
• This gives him time to see that his boyhood habits are, in fact, perfectly manly.
  — Brendan Tapley, Woman's Day, 1 Jan. 2017
• Wright clearly tailored the 6,500-square-foot main house to the wealthy bachelor’s manly tastes.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2019
• In brief, Mansfield’s view of manliness is this: A manly man is willing to take a risk.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Oct. 2022
• But not even his manly hands could not rub away my anxiety.
  — Meg Cabot, refinery29.com, 29 May 2020
• And the trailer for his show was designed with this in mind; it was stuffed full-to-bursting with over-the-top footage of jacked bros doing manly stuff.
  — Ian Allen, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2022
• That includes the presumption that Vietnam would fall in a swoon before the manly forces of the United States.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2017
• What will the manly dictator do once in power, apart from smashing the Cathedral to bits?
  — Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2023
• Overall, this shampoo is made for men with a manly scent that’s sure to bring attention.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 May 2022
• Pushing through pain is supposed to be heroic and manly.
  — Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2018
• What makes men sometimes feel less manly in the company of others?
  — Randy Cordova, azcentral, 17 July 2019
• Which, from Phil’s point-of-view, kind of throws a monkey wrench into their manly cowboy paradise.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2021
• The two friends also enjoy video footage of Lane in his cocky, manly prime, and the contrast to their current state is heartbreaking.
  — Walter Addiego, Houston Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
• That is, unless, I got sucked into the manly vortex of the hardware department and the bane of my existence, the tool aisle.
  — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 15 Oct. 2018
• Back in the 1950s—when John Wayne defined the manly male archetype—there was another teenage boy who really loved pink.
  — Leonard Pitts Jr., Men's Health, 31 May 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024