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

“But she said something, my lady,” cried Jane, womanlike, grasping her mistress’s feelings and eager to put matters right.

From Sir Hilton's Sin by Fenn, George Manville

And, womanlike, she wondered if this passion of the mind had drawn its strength and colour from the earlier wasted passion of his heart?

From The Builders by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

Once safe in this asylum, womanlike, she hastened to peep out at the arrivals.

From The Girl From Tim's Place by Munn, Charles Clark

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)