feminines
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Although made with contemporary means, Hill’s smeary feminines recall the sharper-edged experiments of Cubists and Futurists.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2016
Homer's praises of beauty are reserved for the feminines, especially his favourite Helen.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
A stir in the adjoining bed soon warned me that the other feminines were preparing to follow her example; so, turning my face to the wall, I feigned to be asleep.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
A vanguard have proceeded in advance to take possession of the deserted house; while Aunt Rachel, with her cortŠge of feminines, is fussing over "young missus."
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
Under that standard march in the U.S. at least 20,000,000 feminines, and—horrible to relate—gal children are on the increase.
From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870 by Various
