woman

Example Sentences

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It was the first time a woman had won a Wimbledon final with a double bagel - the name given to a victory without dropping a game - since Dorothea Lambert Chambers in 1911.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“Even when I was coming up in Fringe, I was not always comfortable as a woman, and that was a problem,” Den Herder said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It included the first Black man, Victor Glover, and the first woman, Christina Koch, to fly around the Moon.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

It may sound strange to say it, but a woman helming a “Frankenstein” riff is bold by its very nature.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

“I must first tell you that we’ve had some unexpected company at the Beje. First it was a single woman, then a couple, when I got back this afternoon, another couple.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom