female

Example Sentences

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For that first meeting, Ford gathered six women — female friends, her masseuse, a favorite aunt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Best known as an actress, Tanaka was also one of her country’s first female filmmakers, and her six features are now available in a Blu-ray set from the Criterion Collection.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

South Asia has a long history of people assigned male at birth but who identify as female.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

The showpiece match was briefly interrupted in the third frame when a female spectator jumped over the barrier on the front row.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Juanita and the twins were my official damas, my female attendants, and each of us had been assigned a nice, handsome dancing partner, a chambelán.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall