Luckily, there's no doubt about what virility is, since it's depicted on the covers of dozens of new romance novels every month! A masterful and dominating manner, a splendid bared chest, a full head of lustrous hair, and an array of stunning costumes seem to be what's required. (Virile traits often missing in these men are hair on the chest and any hint of future baldness.) High-school football provides a showplace for demonstrations of adolescent virility, and for years afterward virile high-school players can keep using football language in their business life: "get to the red zone", "Hail Mary pass", "move the ball", and on and on.
Recent Examples on the WebThis focus on the seasonal and temporal invites reflection on the importance of appreciating life’s moments of happiness, progress, virility, and achievement.—TIME, 6 May 2024 Men were supposed to stick it in their underwear to restore virility.
7.—San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2024 Ornate carving on the covers — a centaur on Friedrich’s and a siren for Anna’s — evoked ideas of virility, fertility and desire.—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024 That's where this complex comes in – it's made up of a blend of herbs that have been used for centuries to improve male virility and vitality.—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2023 Image courtesy Roman Studies that support this unique blend of five active substances, which is exclusive to this product, show improvement in at least one aspect of male virility.—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2023 White represents purity, while blue stands for the state’s sky and mountains and signifies fidelity, justice and virility.—Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024 In Ancient Greece, the orchids also symbolize fertility and virility.—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024 Feeling out of place in a current world, clinging to old world values such as virility but, as captured in a first scene in a brothel, Toribio can’t even get it up.—John Hopewell, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
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