womanlike
Example Sentences
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“We wanted to make ourselves look pretty and attractive and womanlike, in spite of the uniform,” said Nina Shebalina, a mechanic in the 586th Regiment.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
“Then,” she decreed with womanlike philosophy, “you had a right to say so—because I love you, and that is settled.”
From The Key to Yesterday by Charles Neville Buck
He let his hands fall to his sides; he was more than ever distortedly womanlike, almost visibly possessed and driven by his single purpose.
From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Perceval Gibbon
Finding pride insufficient for her solace, she now, womanlike, sought what she had refused.
From Trusia A Princess of Krovitch by Davis Brinton
The El Hassan dream was still upon her, but, womanlike, she wondered if she liked the would-be tyrant of all North Africa as well as she had once liked the easy-going American idealist, Homer Crawford.
From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Mack Reynolds
