Sentence examples for effeminise from inspiring English sources

Similar posturing went on in the Republican convention before the last presidential election: politicians whose own warlike masculinity was nonexistent strove very effectively to effeminise John Kerry, who really had been a hero.

Recently, when the Chicago "Tribune" charged Valentino with effeminising American manhood by his influence, and Valentino challenged the editor to a duel with boxing gloves, a wave of indignation in his favour rushed from millions of American women.

Both music and the theatre were seen as effeminising influences.