femme

Example Sentences

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In her 2024 Tiny Desk Concert for NPR, Roan is surrounded by seven femme musicians, each wearing red lipstick, blue eyeshadow, a pink button-down or a red party dress.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

Will you be surprised to learn he carries with him a dark secret, or that his estranged wife, as opposed to the radiant daughter of the boat’s skipper, is one doozy of a femme fatale?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

So yeah, that femme performance is so defining of how to hold yourself, to be erect because matriarchs are the oaks of families.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024

“It felt good to hear music that was current to me from Mexico City,” she says, adding that she also felt safe as a queer femme — a priority for the founders.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

"The femme de chamber," an attendant calls out.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton