girlishness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Ms. Hoffman’s Desdemona has a pronounced, wide-eyed girlishness that makes her confusion at her husband’s suspicions and growing antagonism pitiful to watch.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

In the script, she wrote herself the stage direction “HEIDI releases any last remnants of the buoyant, performative girlishness that is one of her lifelong coping mechanisms.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019

Silverstone, whom pop culture met as a teenager, is 41 now, but with an innate girlishness that age cannot wither nor the cigarettes Bonnie is forever waving disguise.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2018

Ms. Birkin, around 40 at the time of filming, retains a slightly breathy girlishness that complements her largely cheery, open personality and her intrepid intelligence.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2015

She had allowed him a glimpse of her suppressed girlishness.

From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor