How to Use masculinity in a Sentence

masculinity

noun
  • What could men look like if that weight of masculinity were stripped away?
    — Elena Giardina, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Same with cops and the cult of the police and masculinity.
    — Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 23 Sep. 2025
  • Growing up, Black boys are taught what masculinity is or how to be a man.
    — Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
  • This is where the left needs to lean into the discourse of masculinity.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Stop acting like masculinity is a war crime.
    — Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 5 Aug. 2025
  • This is how power behaves when it’s shaped by the worst myths of masculinity.
    — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
  • This kind of masculinity has gained a lot of respect, and has been sought-after.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
  • What better way to prove your masculinity than to join the Marines?
    — David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
  • On day two of the camp, Glass put forward some ideas about masculinity.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • But most of all, there was his proposition of a new masculinity.
    — Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • What might a cult of masculinity find worth fearing about women?
    — Talya Zax, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Did witnessing that shape your ideas about masculinity in any way?
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • A lot of us don’t have a lot of good models for positive masculinity.
    — James Factora, Them., 30 Apr. 2025
  • The test of the play is who comes out on top, so masculinity is always on display within that room.
    — Salamishah Tillet, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Maybe the metaphor is that masculinity chained up is dangerous.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 13 June 2023
  • The masculinity is on the page, and there was nothing that needed to be discussed at length.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • All the while sleeve tattoos were the throughline for masculinity.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Fragile masculinity and hate took her life.
    — Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
  • In fact, the movie’s messaging about modern masculinity is part of what drew him to the role.
    — Mike Miller, EW.com, 23 July 2024
  • What is the role of masculinity in the military?
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In recent years, a certain kind of masculinity has gotten a bad rap.
    — Karley Sciortino, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Daniel’s ideas about masculinity have been formed in dark rooms with large screens, but now the sun is setting and the bells are about to ring.
    — David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The book’s themes—money, power, race, masculinity—are just as grand.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 2 May 2024
  • The exploration of masculinity was hands-down my favorite part of the film.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Ohtani transcends all of that with a new model of Asian masculinity.
    — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The ensemble, through drag, is meant to send up the postures of masculinity.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 June 2025
  • But the type of masculinity required to make it in a patriarchal world comes with a cost.
    — Elissa Strauss, CNN, 14 June 2024
  • Men are going to brutal boot camps to reclaim their masculinity.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
  • This isn’t the first time Johnson has spoken out about masculinity.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 5 May 2026
  • And from the looks of things, many experts say, the crisis of masculinity has only gotten worse.
    — Courtney E. Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024

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