How to Use phallic in a Sentence

phallic

adjective

• The poem is filled with phallic imagery.
• The peak is known as the phallic stone of Kanaloa, Hawaiian god of the ocean.
  — Tom Bentley, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
• One of these towers seems to have breasts; others in the back of the room are somehow phallic.
  — New York Times, 30 Oct. 2020
• Vampire teeth are often very pointy, and they [can be seen as] phallic symbols.
  — Caroline Reilly, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
• And at least the phallic image in this photo wasn’t made by AI.
  — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 23 May 2023
• Not to mention, takes away all the phallic symbolism of the stopper.
  — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 17 May 2021
• Milles complied, then inserted a massive phallic fish in the god’s right hand.
  — Laura Moser, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
• Why, then, has the eggplant deposed the banana as the most phallic of fruits, at least in the digital sphere?
  — Ligaya Mishan Melody Melamed, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
• One idea was setting it a little bit earlier and having the sleeves tight with the skirts almost phallic.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• Managing sweat and jiggly phallic simulacrums are all part of the grab bag of a body-centric show.
  — Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• There’s hot sauce and matcha and a phallic stick of maraschino cherries, which is actually very funny.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
• The pine tree-looking ones are vegetative and the rather phallic looking ones are spore-bearing.
  — oregonlive, 9 May 2020
• European men around the same time wore codpieces to advertise their phallic prowess.
  — John Blake, CNN, 20 Oct. 2017
• Its tail was crafted in phallic-looking coils of clay and was peppered with electrical conduits, all of which have been cast in bronze.
  — Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
• Pickles are also often the subject of phallic humor due to their shape and appearance.
  — Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
• Even the phallic shifter feels odd and cheap, diminishing the significance of this car to some degree.
  — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 4 May 2023
• The electric blue sculpture modeled on party balloons fills the inner courtyard with its long phallic tail.
  — Kirsty Lang For The Times, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2021
• Sharks that glow in the dark, phallic peanut worms and uncannily displeased-looking blobfish were never meant to see the light of day.
  — Megan Gannon, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2018
• This is the second time this year the church has been vandalized in the middle of the night with phallic images, Roraff said.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Nov. 2022
• From between Jupiter’s legs emerges the very phallic long neck and beak of the eagle with his bright, dark eye glaring down at the mortals below.
  — Monika Schmitter, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
• The human predilection for phallic imagery is well documented—just look at the scrawling in any high school locker room.
  — Bydavid Shultz, science.org, 16 June 2023
• Despite the phallic humor, the joke never overshadows the structure of the mystery.
  — Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• The main building is a flagrantly phallic tower known as the Endowment.
  — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• Chewy breadsticks win the award for being the second-most phallic food at TJ’s, but soy chorizo won’t be beaten!
  — Alex Begg, Bon Appétit, 28 July 2021
• Art must have taken umbrage with the slogan, because his killing of Jeff is extremely phallic in focus.
  — Barry Levitt, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
• Smith then apparently asked for a phallic statue of their own while recording at a studio near Sheeran's house.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2022
• In addition to the racist graffiti, what appears to be a phallic symbol was painted on the building, police said.
  — CBS News, 12 Mar. 2018
• The duo dance in a rain of flower petals before the shot cuts to a phallic crystal embedded in a jewelry box, bringing the video to an abrupt ending.
  — Jude Zhu, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2022
• The city is masculine, full of gleaming, phallic skyscrapers, and to Elkin, this boys’ world is as where the real action happens.
  — Madison Mainwaring, New Republic, 9 May 2017
• The release of Challengers arguably set the tone for the rest of the year, what with its intricate rituals and phallic churros.
  — Fran Tirado, Them, 20 Dec. 2024