Example Sentences

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Andres made a deliberate choice for all the sisters to dance on pointe — except for Jo, a character who is unconventional in her tomboyishness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024

Nearly all older trans men have experienced oppression, but they had the advantage of growing up in an era when coveting manhood was somewhat understandable and tomboyishness was at least forgiven.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2015

The retreat from tomboyishness began when she married cauliflower-eared George Zaharias, a 300-lb. wrestler.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her tomboyishness is never rowdy, like that of "Margot" Asquith.

From Time Magazine Archive

Officially, then, he acquitted her of anything worse than tomboyishness.

From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir