inner woman

Example Sentences

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At least such reticence to self is often sincerely and plausibly asserted by the very inner woman.

From The Seeker by Wilson, Harry Leon

It puzzled me then, but I know now, that there was undoubtedly some sudden soul shock, some prophetic apprehension, which my inner woman trembled before, and which my physical woman could only interpret by tears.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

All that splendid faith, which is exactly to the inner woman what courage is to the physical woman, had slipped away from me.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

The eyes, deep, dark, and mystical gave no clue to the inner woman; but the mouth, while it was tender in its curves, had a rigidity of purpose in its expression that fixed the attention.

From Joyce of the North Woods by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)

There was something in the very sounds of such words which was appalling to the inner woman.

From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony