unladylike
Example Sentences
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When I was a little girl and was sitting sprawled in what my Ohio farm-dwelling grandmother would call “an unladylike pose,” she would say, “Stop taking my picture!”
From Washington Post • May 28, 2021
When the novel was first published, Jane’s insubordination was regarded as rather shocking and unladylike.
From Slate • Mar. 15, 2016
Again, at my house anyway, there was unladylike shouting at the television.
From US News • Nov. 11, 2015
She shocks those around her by speaking her mind in a most unladylike manner on topics that many people would not even dare consider.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2013
We laughed at the unladylike ways we all sank into the mud.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
