effeminate

Example Sentences

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When I was younger, bald men were often the butt of jokes - but taking steps to regain lost hair seemed to be viewed as effeminate and vain.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

As a “very, very effeminate boy” growing up in Baltimore, Ben Appel was teased mercilessly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

As the effeminate, rangy Peter, 25-year-old Kodi Smit-McPhee taps into a rich vein of mystery.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2022

Rashard Bradshaw, who goes by the name Cakes Da Killa, at first didn’t see a path for him in the rap industry as “an effeminate gay man.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2021

Annoyed by this sense of effeminate intrigue I got off the platform and lost myself in the mob, crouching and slouching somewhat to do so.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin