girlboss

Example Sentences

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In her fourth outing with Mr. Lanthimos, Emma Stone again shows an impressively daring quality in a grueling and degrading role, which spoofs today’s clichés about girlboss power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Whether this makes the movie an innately feminist work or, as some detractors have claimed, a superficial girlboss narrative is certainly open to debate.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

The girlboss in me would never stand for this behavior, but I feel gaslighted and don’t know how to act.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

"Channel that anger into getting what you want," she advises, like a girlboss cross stitch.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2022

This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss England’s late queen and new prime minister, the troubles of DWAC’s SPAC, and the demise of girlboss hangout The Wing.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2022