womanliness

Example Sentences

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Her womanliness is a matter of personal conviction.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022

The strongest element of “Heartland,” then, is its unabashed womanliness.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2018

After decades of defining ideal womanliness based on humility and positivity, it’s no wonder we’re thrown off by one who stands up and says, I’m angry, I was wronged, and I deserve to be here.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2018

In “Divertimento No. 15” the Miami women — scintillatingly musical — perfectly show how Balanchine combined womanliness with youthfulness; they’re both fresh, like buds, and decisive.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2013

Moreover, I know of no excellence, no weakness, shortcoming, virtue, womanliness, manliness, in a woman which does not tend rather to enkindle than to appease jealousy.

From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul