woman
noun
an adult female person.
woman-like
-
a word derived from
woman.
Example Sentences
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Tears—copious woman-like tears choked the utterance of the athletic youth, who looked as if he could fight and conquer in any strife to which fortune or misfortune could lead him.
From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Mrs Trollope
Johannes smiled, stroking his woman-like mouth, where a small mustache was visible.
From Ditte: Girl Alive! by Martin Andersen Nexø
He owed this condescension to the influence of the little dancing girl, for she, woman-like, had a memory for rebuffs, and had a score to settle with Mr. Commissioner Sanders.
From Sanders of the River by Edgar Wallace
"I should like to see the woman you have ceased to love," she said, woman-like in curiosity—and something else.
From By Right of Sword by Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) Marchmont
She charged him with the murder of her gallant husband, and, woman-like, even unfairly taunted him with his cowardice in destroying by a trick one whom he dared not encounter in fair fight.
From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy
