womanish

Example Sentences

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With a womanish gesture he lifted a lock of silver hair from his forehead and smoothed it back on his head.

From Literature

“Do you know of anyone connected with the Armstrong case who answers to that description—small, dark, womanish voice?”

From Literature

He was a northerner, with black curls that verged on womanish, an effect he tempered with his carefully tended beard.

From Literature

These women and their womanish ways need to be reined in.

From New York Times

Too long America has been weak and womanish and tried to settle things with words.

From Washington Post