HOW TO PRONOUNCE
sexes
/ˈsɛksəz/
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What does sexes mean?
noun
- plural of sex
- plural of sexe
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of sex
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɛksəz/
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Even the members of the choir, of both sexes, had the sense of being held away from her at haughty arm's length.
I expected every moment that my master would accuse the Yahoos of those unnatural appetites in both sexes, so common among us.
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Then look on another thirty-three years--a fresh generation--and our youth of both sexes may find a popular recreation in graceful aerial exercise.
By the latter tests and reasonable arguments most or all of our institutions regulating the relations of the sexes may be justifiable.
And in so doing they will do what is best, and will not violate, but preserve the natural relation of the sexes.