inner woman
Britishnoun
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a woman's mind, soul, or nature
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humorous the stomach or appetite
Example Sentences
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Also she wished time to dress herself carefully and solitude to get the inner woman under control.
From A Singer from the Sea by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
There was something in the very sounds of such words which was appalling to the inner woman.
From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope
The eyes, deep, dark, and mystical gave no clue to the inner woman; but the mouth, while it was tender in its curves, had a rigidity of purpose in its expression that fixed the attention.
From Joyce of the North Woods by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
"Ma'áni-há," lit. her meanings, i.e. her inner woman opposed to the formal-seen by every one.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
At least such reticence to self is often sincerely and plausibly asserted by the very inner woman.
From The Seeker by Harry Leon Wilson
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