ladylike

Example Sentences

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But since I wasn’t that connected to Gerry, they were very pleased I was very ladylike.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

"I was raised to be very ladylike and considerate of others, and respectable. My mother definitely would have liked me to go into more a feminine field," she says.

From BBC • May 17, 2023

When he met Annie, she struck him as “very ladylike and very nice, very sweet. Soft-spoken.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022

Her critique of ladylike behavior was delivered while modeling it at the same time — “back straight, chin up,” just as the poem describes, and shod in Louboutins.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2022

Drummer seemed satisfied and consented to go out with the ladylike driver on the seat.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith