How to Use menfolk in a Sentence

menfolk

plural noun

• Recipes were a selling point for the menfolk of the village.
  — The Economist, 8 June 2019
• The spirit of sharing was not foreign to the menfolk, either.
  — Chris Willman, chicagotribune.com, 29 July 2019
• The menfolk dispatched, the plotters were then to murder all the women and children.
  — Marc M. Arkin, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2022
• As Jason kills time before his date, the menfolk sit around the hotel, which did not pay to have its name broadcast on the show.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 4 July 2018
• For some, though, this little innovation in their lives was brought in by the menfolk.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 14 May 2020
• But the novel does not cast Nora as a vulnerable woman on the edge of the frontier abandoned by her menfolk.
  — Chanelle Benz, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2019
• All the menfolk move swiftly to retrieve the fallen tongs and to assure themselves that the Dowager has not been gravely injured in the incident.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2019
• For over two decades, this group of female survivors have used peaceful protest and the power of mothers’ love to keep the memory of their menfolk alive, search for their bodies and seek justice and truth.
  — Angelina Jolie, Time, 8 Mar. 2021
• Out in the countryside, villages are still run by de facto councils of local menfolk, whose handshake deals and wink-nudge gambling debts carry more weight than the strict rule of law.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 22 Nov. 2021
• Across three generations, the Irish women in this novel endure the self-centeredness of their menfolk.
  — The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
• In 1617, the menfolk of an isolated Norwegian hamlet have just set off on a whaling expedition when a tempest swamps their boat, drowning every one of them.
  — Eliot Schrefer, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2020
• But there is a fine line here which, when crossed, can make these announcements feel patronizing, like the menfolk have generously offered us a prize undeserved.
  — Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek, 4 Dec. 2020
• The presence of babies, children and jewelry offers proof that women did occupy Sandby borg at some point before their menfolk were slaughtered.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 May 2018
• Representatives of a rare semi matriarchal society, the women work while the menfolk typically stay at home, though property is passed down along male lines.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 8 Oct. 2022
• Gender disparity is a heavy anchor and the menfolk often treat her as an inferior incapable of holding a thoughtful conversation, let alone as an author.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
• As the water in her barrel ebbs dangerously low, and her menfolk fail to return to replenish it, Nora’s denial slowly disintegrates, and her story radically changes shape.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2019
• Essentially, the victorious clans would exterminate their opponent’s menfolk to ensure ongoing dominance and the eradication of potential competition.
  — Jamie Seidel, Fox News, 31 May 2018

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024