womanish

Example Sentences

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As twists go, that’s a hackneyed one, given that Murder on the Orient Express did the “small dark man with a womanish voice” thing ages ago.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2018

Spinoza claimed that human reluctance to slaughter animals is “founded rather on vain superstition and womanish pity than on sound reason.”

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2014

Isabella in Measure for Measure is interesting but, I think, still a victim; she takes a very womanish ethical stance – that of her chastity – to exercise power.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2012

When he first dons the white burnoose of a princely Bedouin, he takes an almost womanish delight in his new finery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, old womanish, as if he were, though still spiteful, slightly embarrassed, he got back up onto his treasure pile, stretched out his wings, and settled.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner