Example Sentences

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There’s a plea in there — not for genderlessness, exactly, but for a freedom of narrative movement that femaleness, as conventionally written, impairs.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023

I leveraged anything in my power — my whiteness, my femaleness — to diffuse the scene.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2021

This is a film about class and gender and femaleness and youth and unwanted attention that makes the smallest moments come alive with humanity.

From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2020

Her femaleness was not irrelevant to her larger claim, but part of her particular sensitivity.

From Slate • May 13, 2019

It was here, at a Lagos salon, that the different ranks of imperial femaleness were best understood.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie