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
She wore a light-tan suede suit, shoes to match and a mannish hat with a feather in the band, and she patted my face with gloved hands.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
