womanly

Example Sentences

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It's first edition began with an explanation that its objective was to cover "the whole field of womanly action".

From BBC

This strict minister paterfamilias disapproved of his violist son, and in the wake of loss, Davis finds solace in music and womanly identity, slowly healing from estrangement.

From Los Angeles Times

“Sinead will forever be a figure of womanly defiance, for a country that never liked women,” she said.

From New York Times

The stately Foïs carries the film as it devolves into a restrained drama about familial loyalty and womanly fortitude, its change of gears not entirely clicking into place.

From New York Times

Before the first “Hunger Games” film premiered in 2012, detractors criticized Lawrence for her “baby fat” and “womanly figure,” deeming her inappropriate for the lead character.

From Los Angeles Times