ladylike

Example Sentences

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If Ms. Rush’s portrayals had one thing in common, it was a gentle, ladylike quality, which she put to use in films of many genres.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

But since I wasn’t that connected to Gerry, they were very pleased I was very ladylike.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

"I was raised to be very ladylike and considerate of others, and respectable. My mother definitely would have liked me to go into more a feminine field," she says.

From BBC • May 17, 2023

Ms. Mantell later told Newsday that music industry veterans advised the two women to get out of the business “before we lost the ladylike equivalent of our shirts.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023

His clothes would make a preacher sigh and Hunter knew from the ladylike hands the stranger had never made a fist hard enough to smash a melon.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison