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

Her face was pale and serious; she looked older and more womanlike; but there was a steady light of happiness in her eyes which told its own tale.

From Sisters Three by Lloyd, Stanley

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

Then, consciously womanlike, she sought relief in talk.

From Tree, Spare that Woodman by Dryfoos, Dave

“Oh, Mr. Jacobs,” was all Virginia could say, and, womanlike, the tears filled her eyes and ran down her cheeks.

From Winning the Wilderness by Marchand, J. N.