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

His imperturbability roused her curiosity, his indifference to her beauty piqued her, and, womanlike, she exerted herself to rouse his interest that she might punish him.

From The Argus Pheasant by Beecham, John Charles

“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

She sank down on the stump of a tree and, burying her face in her hands, gave way, womanlike, to a torrent of tears.

From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Hornblow, Arthur

And, womanlike, she wondered if this passion of the mind had drawn its strength and colour from the earlier wasted passion of his heart?

From The Builders by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson