girlishness

Example Sentences

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Ms. Hoffman’s Desdemona has a pronounced, wide-eyed girlishness that makes her confusion at her husband’s suspicions and growing antagonism pitiful to watch.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

In the script, she wrote herself the stage direction “HEIDI releases any last remnants of the buoyant, performative girlishness that is one of her lifelong coping mechanisms.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019

That’s where, in the script, she’s written a stage direction that makes me gulp: “Heidi releases any last remnants of the buoyant, performative girlishness that is one of her lifelong coping mechanisms.”

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2018

Silverstone, whom pop culture met as a teenager, is 41 now, but with an innate girlishness that age cannot wither nor the cigarettes Bonnie is forever waving disguise.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2018

The girlishness and natural beauty of many modern light-opera choruses are simply amazing.

From Famous Prima Donnas by Strang, Lewis Clinton