womanly

Example Sentences

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It's first edition began with an explanation that its objective was to cover "the whole field of womanly action".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

This strict minister paterfamilias disapproved of his violist son, and in the wake of loss, Davis finds solace in music and womanly identity, slowly healing from estrangement.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025

The way he describes things are feminine, they’re nostalgic, they’re girlie, they’re womanly, and they bring me so much joy.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2023

No longer holding herself responsible for what happened to her childish body, adolescent reputation and womanly psyche, Febos got free.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2021

Of course, Briony was old enough to know that the moment was entirely Lola’s, but she was soon led away by sympathetic womanly hands to her bedroom to await the doctor and his examination.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan