Example Sentences

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“But she chose the old Arabic feminized version of the word that means ‘counselor or advisor.’

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2023

Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana feminized the menswear silhouettes this season, with tailoring tricks long deployed for women.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2023

The response essay, written by Dorothy R. Santos, an expert on voice recognition, explores the cultural baggage behind our obsession with feminized A.I.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2022

Ms. Nichols said Roddenberry allowed her to name Uhura, which she said was a feminized version of a Swahili word for “freedom.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2022

Their manners are boorish, of course, judged by a feminized modern standard, and their home conversation is as coarse as the mixed-company speeches in Shakespeare’s comedies or the offhand pleasantries of Good Queen Bess.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace