[
UK
/mˈænhʊd/
]
[ US /ˈmænˌhʊd/ ]
[ US /ˈmænˌhʊd/ ]
NOUN
-
the quality of being human
he feared the speedy decline of all manhood - the status of being a man
- the state of being a man; manly qualities
How To Use manhood In A Sentence
- Pregnancy is a natural part of womanhood.
- They must do the chores of life, must gain in strength and wisdom to cope with the hostile time of manhood.
- Though it crush its victims to the earth; and tread them into the dust; and brutify them by every possible invention; it cannot totally extinguish the spirit of manhood within them. The White Slave; or, Memoirs of a Fugitive
- I didn't want to be some grotesque parody of womanhood. The Sun
- The covers went back and a hand reached for my manhood. The Sun
- The transformation girlhood to womanhood is quite marvellous.
- The Roman Scarus comments which "Experience, manhood, honour, ne'er before/Did so violate itself. Archive 2009-11-01
- But he proved just as incapable in manhood as he was in infancy. Times, Sunday Times
- In the prime of manhood at 43, Simon runs a company closing in on half a billion dollars in revenues, with a market cap twice that, up from next to nothing eight years ago.
- And Moore, perhaps more than a little challenged by his own insecurities, has made a film that is profoundly invested in manhood, masculinity, machismo.