girlish

Example Sentences

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“Figure skating is sometimes feminine, and people would never say, ‘Oh, that’s a girlish thing to do.’

From Seattle Times

Margaret Bourke-White, an American photographer who achieved true celebrity, shoots herself in a bob long enough to just about cover her ears, but this almost girlish style is more than offset by manly wool slacks.

From New York Times

Beneath them is an opulent tattoo, the word “Treasure” in implicitly “girlish” cursive.

From New York Times

When Harris, 56, speaks, there are moments when one could argue that she sounds girlish, which is to say she can sound light and effervescent.

From Washington Post

“Her look now is very much of the streamlined, glamorous woman she is becoming, far from the early awkward girlish persona.”

From Los Angeles Times