unladylike

Example Sentences

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This is work that she has been doing since her mid 20s, when she and Ilana Glazer created and eventually oversaw the giddy, unladylike comedy “Broad City.”

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022

But the not so cynic in me thinks: Don’t girls deserve gross-out toys—the opportunity to behave in gleefully inappropriate, unladylike ways—if that’s what they want?

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2020

Both activities went against her mother’s wishes, the first because she felt it was unladylike to sweat, the second because it signaled career aspirations other than marriage and motherhood.

From Washington Post • May 22, 2017

Again, at my house anyway, there was unladylike shouting at the television.

From US News • Nov. 11, 2015

Lady Constance walked slowly back to her seat, lowered herself carefully, and heaved a most unladylike sigh.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood