womanlike

Example Sentences

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“We wanted to make ourselves look pretty and attractive and womanlike, in spite of the uniform,” said Nina Shebalina, a mechanic in the 586th Regiment.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Almost the first thing Francezka, womanlike, asked of Madame Riano was, whether she had saved their boxes.

From Francezka by Seawell, Molly Elliot

He took it gingerlie in his faire, womanlike hands, and washed and wiped it before he put it on; which escaped not my step-mother's displeased notice.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various

“Then,” she decreed with womanlike philosophy, “you had a right to say so—because I love you, and that is settled.”

From The Key to Yesterday by Buck, Charles Neville

She sank down on the stump of a tree and, burying her face in her hands, gave way, womanlike, to a torrent of tears.

From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Hornblow, Arthur