Sentence examples for told to man from inspiring English sources

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As boys, we are told to "man up", to "not be a pussy", or to "stop acting like a girl".

Jon, facing an impossible decision about the Wildings, turned to Maester Aemon for advice, only to be told to "man up" (albeit in somewhat more polite terms).

They're told to "man up".

If they speak up about it, they are told to "man up" and "get over it".

Young boys are still often told to man up and not cry, while young girls may get more sympathy for their tears.

Not in the way that men are told to "man up", but rather in a way that positions womanhood and femininity as intrinsically painful.

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José Antonio Camacho, later the Spain manager but back then a tough defender nicknamed the hacha brava, the axe, was told to man-mark Graeme Souness, leaving his position in the back four to take up a role in midfield, following the Scot everywhere and injuring him early on.

Was he told to be a man?

We are told to give way to men.

It's a challenge to raise boys in touch with their feelings in a world where they are told to 'man up,'suckck it up,' and be a 'tough guy.'".

Rather than referring him for psychological treatment he was, in his words, told to 'man up' and 'not be weak but be strong and deal with the problem'.

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