feminine

Example Sentences

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Rowbottom’s willingness to move toward culturally uncomfortable material is central to her work, he stressed, treating so-called lowbrow or feminine cultural obsessions not as guilty pleasures, but as material worthy of literary merit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

He can’t decide whether she is naive or sophisticated, an earthbound Midwestern girl or the incarnation of the eternal feminine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

“All of our definitions about masculine and feminine are evolving … It doesn’t necessarily have to be only for a man. I really like that idea, particularly as the definitions of masculinity are in transition.”

From Salon • May 27, 2026

In Hollywood films and literary tropes, spiders come ideologically loaded and are frequently coupled with the feminine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

As Summer turned, the light seemed to change the spirit’s facial features from feminine to masculine and back again.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi