Some actors are chosen for parts based on how virile they appear. From LearnThat.org.
A virile and ever stronger free society. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They've been made to believe that it makes them, what they call virile, poor fools, and they're growing ill on it. From Wordnik.com. [Plays of Near & Far] Reference
If you visit Benin and Nigeria, you’ll see that he is characterized as virile with horns and phallus. From Wordnik.com. [The Bushman Way of Tracking God] Reference
She discovered it in the "virile" attentions of Molineux's friend Barnet. From Wordnik.com. [Poison Served His Purpose] Reference
Would the same caveat hold for the use of the word "virile" to describe the Socratic method?. From Wordnik.com. [Pound on the Socratic Method] Reference
It's already been posted on a number of blogs and websites, and seems to have gone what they call "virile" in Web parlance. From Wordnik.com. [Take a Seat: The Problem of Saddle Theft] Reference
He had had the satisfaction of hurling a rock to mar the "virile" face as it looked down defiantly at him from the billboard. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
Since King loved 'virile' about as much as he did 'spouse' or 'forsooth' the Form looked up hopefully. From Wordnik.com. [A Diversity of Creatures] Reference
"And do you honestly believe that the art of the future will be one bit more 'virile' than the art of the present day?". From Wordnik.com. [The Divine Fire] Reference
"virile," as the most exigent could reasonably demand. From Wordnik.com. [Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score] Reference
The thick-set soldier arose; muscular, well-knit, virile. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
These were the gentle stimulants to his most virile expression. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
To his virile surprise, she had dropped her arms from her breasts. From Wordnik.com. [Saw Her] Reference
Some lyrics are virile and powerful, well worthy the study of the keenest minds. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
The virile and persuasive tone will stimulate to greater endeavor and higher achievement. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
So listen, listen, Camerados! for I am about to spout and my song shall be masculine and virile. From Wordnik.com. [Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses] Reference
She remained a young girl while in the very act of playing the virile part of head of the house. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Germany was a pure, virile and young race which was fighting the older civilizations of the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History] Reference
The ancient, familiar words were given a fresh beauty by his manner and his natural, virile voice. From Wordnik.com. [Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati] Reference
In some things, from our point of view, they undoubtedly are; in others they are extremely virile. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
Such was the measureless power wielded by Louis XIV.; such was the want of virile stuff in Racine. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
In his own State he had led one of the most virile and fast moving of the local Progressive movements. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
My father was a gruff, virile man, possessing a Grizzly Adams physique but with a loud, booming voice. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Matlack: It's Not Just Don Draper: Real Men Who Cry] Reference
Mr. HERZOG: Under sleepy eyelids an enormous virile power is lurking, and he talks very, very quietly. From Wordnik.com. [From Werner Herzog, 3 DVDs Worth A Close Look] Reference
If as virile young men they had stood by and just watched, they would have been dishonored in their communities. From Wordnik.com. [A Turnaround Strategy] Reference
The poet knew that this was the thought he wanted, but he felt that it had not the simple, virile swing he coveted. From Wordnik.com. [Conversation What to Say and How to Say it] Reference
He was virile, in perfect health, and I think that I could feel all of these things that Robert was feeling and thinking. From Wordnik.com. ['Just Kids': Punk Icon Patti Smith Looks Back] Reference
Rarely we find virile, continent men whose vesicular secretion is so scanty that they are never conscious of its emission. From Wordnik.com. [The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male] Reference
Sadly, the dual air intakes that made the 1964 model so virile are gone, as are some of the other masculine design details. From Wordnik.com. [ROAD TEST: PONTIAC GTO] Reference
Even now, when gradually, almost imperceptibly, the springiness was fading from his step, he seemed a strong and virile man. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
His virile grace, his quiet elegance, and his habit of pleasing had prolonged his youth far beyond the ordinary term of years. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His voice was calm and virile, assuring, almost a whisper that could be heard above every sound that would follow in the rush of changes. From Wordnik.com. [Son of Man (Novel Excerpt)] Reference
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