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

Then, consciously womanlike, she sought relief in talk.

From Tree, Spare that Woodman by Dryfoos, Dave

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

She saw her brother Asticot transfigured into the resplendent gentleman beyond her sphere, and sighed womanlike at my apotheosis.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John

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