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
Will you be surprised to learn he carries with him a dark secret, or that his estranged wife, as opposed to the radiant daughter of the boat’s skipper, is one doozy of a femme fatale?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
Ultimately, the French femme fatale catches her attention for other reasons.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
Some days it was closer to my ’90s queer teen style and others a ’50s-inspired high femme.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024
“Le Christ et la femme adultère,” I read.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
