ladylike

Example Sentences

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And while most of us will want to tell ourselves that murderers are different from the rest of us, a woman like Montgomery — so personable, so ladylike — thwarts that disidentification.

From New York Times

Back in her own high school years, the mother hated when her dad informed her that it was time to swap her overalls for skirts to be more ladylike.

From Washington Post

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

When he met Annie, she struck him as “very ladylike and very nice, very sweet. Soft-spoken.”

From Washington Post

Martha was willing to shuck her ladylike trappings — to be ugly and to say ugly things — in ways the actor evidently is not.

From Washington Post