inner woman

Example Sentences

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There was something in the very sounds of such words which was appalling to the inner woman.

From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony

All that splendid faith, which is exactly to the inner woman what courage is to the physical woman, had slipped away from me.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

"Ma'áni-há," lit. her meanings, i.e. her inner woman opposed to the formal-seen by every one.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Ah! her manner—it concealed the inner woman so as to leave doubt of her existence!

From The Island Pharisees by Galsworthy, John

Also she wished time to dress herself carefully and solitude to get the inner woman under control.

From A Singer from the Sea by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston