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Recent Examples of masculine The ruched toe boxes are another style that playfully subverts the classic loafer design, offering an unfussy ease that helps soften more masculine tailoring. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2025 The conservative desire to return to an earlier heyday—one that is rustic, masculine, and rugged, rather than soft, feminine, and urban—is ancient. Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025 Loafers, softer and quite cozy or completely masculine. Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025 Her masculine borrowing has been remarked upon, but Blazy understood it as a reach for freedom of a specific kind. Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for masculine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masculine
male
Adjective
  • At Duran Lantink’s debut collection for Jean Paul Gaultier, graphic bodysuits of male pubic hair, hairy chests, and hairier bellies were on shocking display.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Forensic analysis shows bear DNA collected from Thomas’ body does not match the DNA profile of the male bear killed by wildlife officials, according to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Masculine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masculine. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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