womanness
Example Sentences
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Shaving my legs is my own crash course in the oral history of my Black womanness and the beauty I have ignored.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2021
“My womanness has led me into those action-packed two minutes of tense terror that you feel when you’re facing some kind of dreaded situation. That’s the way that I think horror has to work.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2020
I made a choice recently, amid the national conversation on and protests for racial justice in this country, that I'm here to be in your face with all of my Black womanness.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2020
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who was unsure about whether Clinton "playing into her womanness," as Bee put it, helps or hinders her chances of winning.
From US News ● Oct. 25, 2016
So Allan came forward, red of face and hating such womanness that would let him blush before all these great men.
From In the Court of King Arthur by Lowe, Samuel E. (Samuel Edward)
