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

It was foolish in him, with her Harold there; still it was something to be rewarded, somehow, and, womanlike, she tendered the contemplation of her inaccessibility in his rival's bliss.

From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Post, Charles J.

Frank friendship was very well; but now and then, womanlike, she longed for such current coin of courtesy.

From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)

The El Hassan dream was still upon her, but, womanlike, she wondered if she liked the would-be tyrant of all North Africa as well as she had once liked the easy-going American idealist, Homer Crawford.

From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack

How tall and womanlike they looked in their dark serge dresses!

From Sisters Three by Lloyd, Stanley