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• Such a woman, according to Saint Jerome, is virile in her virtue, as good as a man.2016 November 11, Susan L. Smith, The Power of Women: A "Topos" in Medieval Art and Literature, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN…. From the entry immasculate
• As every romance writer and reader knows, there are virile names and there are nonvirile names.2004, Jude Deveraux, Remembrance. From the entry nonvirile
• We found this insurgency much more virile than we expected, so we called an audible.2004, Richard L. Armitage, Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 2005: Hearings Before a…. From the entry call an audible
• Some have been left in on purpose; it’s supposed to sound vimful and virile.1997 July 31, Ed Hailwood, “The Big Red One”, in The Financial Post, Toronto, Ont., page 53, column 2. From the entry vimful
• Dorian love, on the other hand, was a love between two virile equals, and so exceptional and unique.2012, Daniel Orrells, “Greek love, orientalism and race: intersections in Classical reception”, in The Cambridge Classical Journal…. From the entry dorian
• All those male bodies and loud, virile male hormonal voices.1984 February 4, Vincent F. Luti, “Mouths Open, Only Singing”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 5. From the entry hormonal
• It represents a mabouya (evil spirit) with bended arms and legs and the virile organ in a state of action.1907, Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents (A-F, page 139). From the entry mabouya
• Overhead the woodpecker knocked insistently, and in the forest depths the partridge boom-boomed and strutted in virile glory.1902, Jack London, A Daughter of the Snows, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry boom-boom
• And the evidence from Symonds's Memoirs seems to suggest that 'Ionian' implied pederastic relations, as attested in ancient Athens, whereas 'Dorian' involved two virile men.2011, Daniel Orrells, Classical Culture and Modern Masculinity, page 159. From the entry dorian
• And at all times, now as in proto-history, the membrum virile is the symbol of creation, the ultimate basis and source of life.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page ii. From the entry membrum virile
• Suppliantly he begs, both for himself and for two miserable persons: make this one young, O Cytherean goddess, and this one make virile.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 8. From the entry Cytherean
• Here are some brides of ten compelled to seat themselves on the fascinum, the virile ivory in the temples of classical scholarship.1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita. From the entry fascinum
• As a rule men through economic conditions marry so late that they have already half exhausted their virile power before they marry.1922, Frank Harris, “X”, in My Life and Loves. From the entry self-centered
• Go back to your debs or little boys if that's what you fancy and leave us hard working girls, the virile, mature and experienced working men of this world.1989, Michael Pakenham, The Bitter Web, Lewes, Sussex: The Book Guild Ltd, →ISBN, page 41. From the entry deb
• Now, hearing the man made conreate by that virile voice, her whole nature roused to defiance and to an oversweeping desire to see him face to face.1913, G. B Lancaster, The Law-bringers, Hodder and Stoughton, page 58. From the entry oversweeping

Meaning of virile

1. adjective Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
2. adjective Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
3. adjective Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.

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How do you use virile in a sentence?

Virile is used as an adjective. For example: “Such a woman, according to Saint Jerome, is virile in her virtue, as good as a man.”

What is a short sentence with virile?

“All those male bodies and loud, virile male hormonal voices.”

What does virile mean?

Virile means manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.