female

Example Sentences

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The Bishop agrees, but insists that since no other Franciscans are female, Aleys must be sent to the nearby Beguines—laywomen who take no vows, live in community, and work to support the church.

From Los Angeles Times

"I have female hormones. And people don't know this, but I have taken hormone treatments to lower my testosterone levels for competitions," the 26-year-old Algerian said in the interview published Wednesday.

From Barron's

Glenn saw how the pressure of comparison impacted her older peers and wanted to ensure the culture among female skaters could be healthy for athletes coming after her.

From Los Angeles Times

She wore the striped skirt and tunic of Plaszow’s female prisoners.

From Literature

By now I could tell the males and females apart, and this was a female.

From Literature