Example Sentences

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But I have been rarely drubbed and roundly basted, and my poor back and sides are most womanishly tender.

From If I Were King by McCarthy, Justin

All that I intend is not to take it womanishly; but as for not being a woman about it, or about anything, that's simply impossible.

From Dr. Breen's Practice by Howells, William Dean

She forgot the high and haughty stare premeditated for the interview, and she crossed to the window, womanly and womanishly alarmed.

From The Happy Warrior by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)

He heard often, indeed, that she had a masculine severity, especially in her dictatorial capacity, but not, however, that she was womanishly inhuman.

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul