Males

Examples

• In this family several hen birds unite and lay first a few eggs in one nest and then in another; and these are hatched by the males. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color, and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely lacking among the males. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The females and young squatted in a thin line at the outer periphery of the circle, while just in front of them ranged the adult males. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The most vigorous males, or those which have most successfully struggled with their conditions of life, will generally leave most progeny. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• As the din of the drum rose to almost deafening volume Kerchak sprang into the open space between the squatting males and the drummers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• They were four in number, two males and two females. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Generally, the most vigorous males, those which are best fitted for their places in nature, will leave most progeny. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• No, he said, they share alike; the only difference between them is that the males are stronger and the females weaker. Plato. The Republic.
• When we three males were left alone after dinner, he got into a more adventurous state. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The other males scattered in all directions, but not before the infuriated brute had felt the vertebra of one snap between his great, foaming jaws. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Then, as one, the males rushed headlong upon the thing which their terrific blows had reduced to a mass of hairy pulp. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The war is, perhaps, severest between the males of polygamous animals, and these seem oftenest provided with special weapons. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• With animals having separated sexes, there will be in most cases a struggle between the males for the possession of the females. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• When all the adult males had joined in the thin line of circling dancers the attack commenced. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The case is the same with the transmission of the honours and fortune through a succession of males without their passing through any female. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• You are a bully like all males. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But success will often depend on the males having special weapons or means of defence or charms; and a slight advantage will lead to victory. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Lastly, in certain breeds, the males and females have come to differ in a slight degree from each other. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Behind him were two males, and then Kala, closely straining the little dead form to her breast. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• In some instances the males alone, in other instances, both males and females, have been observed thus to differ in a slight degree. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The rule applies to males and females; but more rarely to females, as they seldom offer remarkable secondary sexual characters. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The nurseries for males of noble or eminent birth, are provided with grave and learned professors, and their several deputies. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

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