Women's groups outside the stadium protested their exclusion from more "manly" sports.
The boy and I were discussing some manly sport for later in the day.
"I wonder how good you would be at a manly sport."
According to Horace hoop driving was one of the manly sports.
Youth and eagerness were on his brother's side as well as a certain family determination never to come in second at any manly sport.
Not all of them, it seems reasonable to assume, were motivated by the so-called manly sports.
"It's a manly sport, something for a guy to get into and show a lot of strength."
My father was always wanting to be a country gentleman, and trying to get me to do manly sports.
Cephalus was a beautiful youth and fond of manly sports.