ladylike
Example Sentences
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“The unflappable Pointer sails above the general mayhem with a ladylike aplomb that makes her subsequent emotional epiphany all the more moving,” The Times wrote about Pointer’s performance in that show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025
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
"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
She looked for Septa Mordane, and was startled to find her with her head on the table, snoring soft and ladylike snores.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
