Example Sentences

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So I am surprised by the sparky, open woman – still as girlishly fresh-faced as in her film debut, Mystic Pizza, 32 years ago – who greets me when we connect by Zoom.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2020

But Gabrielle Ruiz and Michael McMillian also get to invent “real” singing voices for their characters, and the results are fun, especially Ruiz’s, which is girlishly high.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2019

The woman who gazed from the photo in the Gary Post Tribune in April 1965 was blond and girlishly glamorous, wearing dark — I assumed red — lipstick.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2017

As Hilde reminds Solness as she girlishly flirts with him, he promised to build her a “kingdom” one day, and she has come to see that he pays up.

From New York Times • May 21, 2013

She lowered her gaze girlishly, depositing the seed hulls into a dish.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen