femme

Example Sentences

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In her 2024 Tiny Desk Concert for NPR, Roan is surrounded by seven femme musicians, each wearing red lipstick, blue eyeshadow, a pink button-down or a red party dress.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

But facts were easily eclipsed by lurid speculation, particularly when Short’s nickname was made public: The Black Dahlia was, after all, the perfect moniker for a femme fatale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

“It felt good to hear music that was current to me from Mexico City,” she says, adding that she also felt safe as a queer femme — a priority for the founders.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

They communicated in femme gay signifiers that we take for granted on television in the decades since Jack McFarland, Sean Hayes’s “Will & Grace” character, skipped across the screen.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

"The femme de chamber," an attendant calls out.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton