girlhood
Example Sentences
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In the place of this media ecosystem, a new girl-world has emerged, only this time it exists in a weird, perpetual limbo between girlhood and grown-up life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
“This is such a girlhood experience,” said Littleton, who plans to enlist in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
She was in and out of psychiatric wards throughout our girlhood.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026
This book jolted me back to my own millennial girlhood, as I grew up more or less during the time Gilbert describes.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025
She had had a plan, from girlhood on, and had followed it scrupulously: high school, college, boyfriend, marriage, job, mortgage, children.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
