ladylike

Example Sentences

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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

“Before, people would say, ‘I want my daughter to be serene, ladylike and quiet,’” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Her critique of ladylike behavior was delivered while modeling it at the same time — “back straight, chin up,” just as the poem describes, and shod in Louboutins.

From New York Times

She had strong ideas about what was “ladylike.”

From Los Angeles Times

Each hat — a beret, a bonnet, a cloche — unleashed a different character in us, a new sense of expression; we alternated between goofy and ladylike, trying on personalities that we had seen on screen.

From Los Angeles Times