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  • verb Present participle of unsex.

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Examples

  • In this role, Mirren achieves a greatness that does not depend on "unsexing" herself, in the tradition of Lady Macbeth, but on embracing everything it is that makes her a woman - she is herself, and that is enough.

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • A white man in India can feel physically superior without unsexing himself.

    Victoria’s Secret 2008

  • A white man in India can feel physically superior without unsexing himself.

    Victoria’s Secret 2008

  • Then there was the unsexing of Lady Macbeth and the association in the play of masculinity with violence.

    The Joy And Enthusiasm Of Reading 2005

  • But such as it was, it was an art that a woman could practise without unsexing herself.

    The Common Reader, Second Series 2004

  • Somehow century of the common man has more of a ring to it; unsexing has its drawbacks.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Somehow century of the common man has more of a ring to it; unsexing has its drawbacks.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Somehow century of the common man has more of a ring to it; unsexing has its drawbacks.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Somehow century of the common man has more of a ring to it; unsexing has its drawbacks.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • We want successful, useful men and women; and in fields for which God has fitted woman, don't be afraid to give her the freest, broadest liberty, or be uneasy about her unsexing herself.

    Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures George W. Bain

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