noun
Other Word Forms
- pregirlhood noun
Etymology
Origin of girlhood
Example Sentences
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The book trend cover suggests collective angst about adulthood, highlighted by a cultural fixation on “girlhood” that sparked a spate of online think pieces in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times
“This is such a girlhood experience,” said Littleton, who plans to enlist in the U.S.
The characters’ propensity for ugly faces, silliness and a bit of grossness too, stems from the portrayals of girlhood and young womanhood that appeal to them.
From Los Angeles Times
“And her best girlhood friend, Cally, she got herself married and moved to Oregon. Pretty hasn’t seen her in years. She has a pack of children and hardly has time to even write anymore.”
From Literature
In the 1980s, animated Disney princesses were not the omnipresent texts of girlhood they became the following decade, but Cinderella stories were nevertheless everywhere you looked.
From Salon
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