womanlike

Example Sentences

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“We wanted to make ourselves look pretty and attractive and womanlike, in spite of the uniform,” said Nina Shebalina, a mechanic in the 586th Regiment.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

How tall and womanlike they looked in their dark serge dresses!

From Sisters Three by Lloyd, Stanley

He let his hands fall to his sides; he was more than ever distortedly womanlike, almost visibly possessed and driven by his single purpose.

From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Gibbon, Perceval

It was foolish in him, with her Harold there; still it was something to be rewarded, somehow, and, womanlike, she tendered the contemplation of her inaccessibility in his rival's bliss.

From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Post, Charles J.

She saw her brother Asticot transfigured into the resplendent gentleman beyond her sphere, and sighed womanlike at my apotheosis.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John