mannish

Example Sentences

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I flashed also on Ole Golly in “Harriet the Spy,” with her somewhat mannish affect, militaristic walk in clunky shoes and straight talk.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

Other times, sporting short black hair and wearing a mannish shirt, she recalls Jane Birkin.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2020

“She was wearing a mannish white shirt and white trousers and black Birkenstocks,” Sheffman wistfully recalls.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2018

Flinty, funny, stylish, and mannish, a blend of Amelia Earhart and Humphrey Bogart, Dorothea adores Jamie, but her Depression-era rigor precludes her saying so.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 1, 2017

Momma’s hand tightened and let go, and I saw the small figure plodding along, tired and old- mannish.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou