androgynous
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Barbie is getting a gender-bending androgynous new look through House Mattel that’s meant to honor the late Davie Bowie. — Nick Romano, EW.com, "Barbie gets dolled up as David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust," 12 July 2019 This more androgynous self was coming out of my more traditionally feminine body. — Jane Ratcliffe, Longreads, "‘Brokenness and Holiness Really Go Together’: Darcey Steinke on Menopause," 15 June 2019 Camp has roots in LGBTQ culture, and some have interpreted it as a style that’s androgynous, fabulously garish, and even absurd. — Terry Nguyen, Teen Vogue, "Zazie Beetz’s Suit-Dress Is The Definition of Camp," 7 May 2019 George Michael and Freddie Mercury were androgynous peacocks who projected transgressive allure, their queerness a wide-open secret. — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, "Troye Sivan’s Coming of Age," 17 June 2019 Milosh, who formed Rhye with producer Robin Hannibal but now works it as a solo project, is best known for his breathy, androgynous contralto. — Randall Roberts, latimes.com, "California Sounds: New music from Deb Never, Sublime with Rome and Rhye," 5 June 2019 The actress embraces her chameleonic fashion impulses with both hands, flaunting a classically feminine silhouette on the red carpet one moment, and then switching things up with a daring, androgynous look the next. — Vogue, "Elizabeth Debicki Is Redefining the Look of Australian Cool," 20 Mar. 2019 In re-imagining the striking women captured in the legendary lensman's iconic swimming pool photographs for Balmain yet again, McKnight put an androgynous twist on the sleek-haired look. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, "5 Bombshell Beauty Lessons Straight From the Balmain Runway," 28 Sep. 2018 Tattooed and lithe with short dark hair, Sanchez was among the newcomers handpicked by casting director Ashley Brokaw for a show that featured androgynous, gender fluid, and transgender models, many of whom had never walked before. — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, "How Spanish Model Miriam Sanchez Went From Studying Business to Walking Vuitton," 16 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'androgynous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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