unladylike

Example Sentences

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But the not so cynic in me thinks: Don’t girls deserve gross-out toys—the opportunity to behave in gleefully inappropriate, unladylike ways—if that’s what they want?

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2020

The bob, while now a classic, has never quite lost its unladylike insouciance.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2019

Both activities went against her mother’s wishes, the first because she felt it was unladylike to sweat, the second because it signaled career aspirations other than marriage and motherhood.

From Washington Post • May 22, 2017

Again, at my house anyway, there was unladylike shouting at the television.

From US News • Nov. 11, 2015

She looked like she was going to laugh again, but she just gave an unladylike snort and wagged her head.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli