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

He took it gingerlie in his faire, womanlike hands, and washed and wiped it before he put it on; which escaped not my step-mother's displeased notice.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various

"Is he good?" asked Sylvia, womanlike, beginning with the morals.

From Moods by Alcott, Louisa May

Once safe in this asylum, womanlike, she hastened to peep out at the arrivals.

From The Girl From Tim's Place by Munn, Charles Clark

“Then,” she decreed with womanlike philosophy, “you had a right to say so—because I love you, and that is settled.”

From The Key to Yesterday by Buck, Charles Neville