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

“Sinead will forever be a figure of womanly defiance, for a country that never liked women,” she said.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 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

These braids were not delicate like a little girl’s but heavy and womanly, possessing a natural power, like a beaver’s tail.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides