How to Use beefcake in a Sentence
beefcake
noun- He's not a great actor but he gets roles anyway because of all the moviegoers interested in beefcake.
- He's one of Hollywood's most celebrated beefcakes.
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Eight young studs are headed your way, so there will be enough beefcake to go around.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2023
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But the actor has more than a beefcake physique to his credit.
—Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 18 Nov. 2020
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The audience is free to ogle beefcake, but Cope doesn’t get any action.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
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If a beefcake off-road aesthetic is more your hang, check out the Boost Gear concepts.
—Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 13 Jan. 2023
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To counter spring break withdrawal, here are five movies that will bring sun and fun (and beefcake and cheesecake) to your screen in these dark times.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2020
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Kapler’s bizarre blog posts, his fitness obsession and beefcake photos on the internet are one thing.
—Al Saracevic, SFChronicle.com, 13 Nov. 2019
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To mark the film’s 12th anniversary, have a look at Magic Mike’s cast of beefcakes then and now.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024
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The founding era’s premier beefcake is uniquely adaptable to an alpha aesthetic.
—Alexis Coe, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
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How about with hot peppers and a pinch of arsenic mixed in, to be served with country ham, beefcake and cheesecake, with, of course, plenty of moonshine to wash it all down?
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2016
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The video, which also stars British electro pop-punk singer Luciana, features a lot of cheesecake, beefcake and even some breakdancing.
—Leslie Richin, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2021
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Lots of users want to connect with someone whose avatar is a doe-eyed woman in micro-jorts — or perhaps a hypermasculine beefcake with mandibles that splay out and away from his mouth like bat wings.
—New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
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Soon after, Peter happens upon that glen and discovers a stash of Henry’s beefcake mags, which Phil kept.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2022
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Because climbing is one of the rare elite sports not to favour a specific body type, the routes must be equally challenging to diminutive featherweights and towering beefcakes.
—The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
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With a boxy shape and beefcake styling, the Atlas provides family-friendly passenger and cargo space without so much as a hint of a mom-mobile image.
—Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 6 July 2017
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While all the beefcake is cooling itself off by eating baked ziti from catering tins, Jennifer is going around telling everyone how Dolores is avoiding her.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2023
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Calling on all 40 year old single moms in #delco Meet me at Craigs Tavern tonight for your Valentine's day #beefcake dinner.
—Stephanie Farr, Philly.com, 20 Feb. 2018
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Six local photographers had collaborated with area businessmen for the photos, one for each month, featuring tongue-in-cheek, beefcake poses.
—Steve Smith, Courant Community, 12 Dec. 2017
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In his wayward coming-of-age tale, Pippin goes to war alongside his father and stepbrother Lewis (James Oblak, doing the beefcake bit).
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2023
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Somehow, there are detractors – including Pataky, who tolerated beefcake Thor.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 July 2022
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On the positive side, no amount of beefcake doodaddery can mess with the outright practicality baked into the RAV4.
—Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 2023
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Returning from previous installments are aged beefcakes Dolph Lundgren (now with a moptop) and Randy Couture.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
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From beefcake Calvin Klein ads to Dungeons & Dragons, 1990s pop culture is hitting peak nostalgia.
—Shannon L. Bowen, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
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The sequel accommodates some genial beefcake in the form of Justin Hartley’s firefighter/male stripper, the love interest for Carla.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2017
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Nailing the tone was always a challenge, and Black gives props to scribes Aaron and Adam Nee who were able to blend comedy with the campy barbarian beefcake world of He Man.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 June 2026
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The standout of the film is Hemsworth, a gifted comic actor who took years to really reveal the breadth of his talent, because he was originally pigeonholed by Hollywood as a heroic beefcake.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 20 June 2022
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One of the docuseries’ most entertaining sections concerns the heated rivalry between ‘80s beefcakes Schwarzenegger and Stallone.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2023
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Willson’s efforts, which included quelling gay rumors about Hudson by having the beefcake star marry the agent’s secretary, Phyllis Gates, are recounted in painstaking detail.
—Gary M. Kramer, Philly.com, 4 May 2018
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To add subscribers, Cory convinced popular beefcake photographers, such as George Quaintance, to promote the service, according to Johnson.
—Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2021
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