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 WebSo, according to conventional thinking, to focus on a man’s beauty (as opposed to, say, his virility), or use it to adjudge his character, risks emasculating him, depriving him of his inner value, his spirit, strength or accomplishments. Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 16 June 2022 The Senate race in Missouri has arguably emerged as ground zero for the manliness question — and Greitens isn’t the only candidate shilling his virility. Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 20 June 2022 For men, success in business is instinctively taken to reinforce their manhood, their virility. Liz Elting, Forbes, 27 June 2022 Those same mice returned to normal levels of virility four to six weeks after treatments ended. Andrew Marquardt, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2022 The new pill created by a team at the University of Minnesota blocks proteins from binding to vitamin A, which is known to be crucial to fertility and virility in mammals, per Gizmodo’s Ed Cara. Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2022 When the treatments were stopped, the mice returned to normal levels of virility within four to six weeks. Chris Morris, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2022 Savagery was just a nuance away from virility, after all.New York Times, 3 Mar. 2022 There is much theater to this trade, as reflected in Putin's fiery speeches and the public portrayal of his virility, the absolute subordination of Russia's most senior officials and the country's feeding a mystique of overwhelming military power. Douglas London, CNN, 4 Mar. 2022 See More