How to Use female in a Sentence

female

1 of 2 adjective

• Most extension cords have a male plug on one end and a female plug on the other.
• The first thing the female needs to do is find her bloody food source.
  — Popular Science, 20 Oct. 2020
• The all-female service staff is one of the best around.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
• More and more female artists asked to join their ranks.
  — Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2018
• But when both male and female birds tend the nest, both seem to sing at the same rate.
  — Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2020
• Long have there been jokes about female drivers on the street.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2018
• It was not known if the person killed was male or female.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2020
• Three of the cubs are female and one is male, according to the zoo.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
• The squad had added its first female guard only the year before.
  — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 31 July 2022
• At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female.
  — James Hibberd, EW.com, 10 June 2020
• Over a quarter of all players across the globe are now female.
  — CNN, 12 Mar. 2018
• But there is no such thing as a male or female eggplant.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 6 July 2021
• It is now performed by a dozen dancers, male and female.
  — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 18 Jan. 2022
• There will be prizes for best male and female, couple and more.
  — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2019
• All female artists who perform with a clip in their hair please raise your hands!
  — Emily Wang, Allure, 24 Aug. 2018
• Ask to be guided by the all-female ranger team, the only such in the Mara.
  — Town & Country, 14 Dec. 2022
• The same was true for girls when the evaluator was female.
  — Christian B. Miller, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
• Two of the victims are female and one is male, police said.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2019
• The female leader sat at the far right chair, leaving one spot between her and the man.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 July 2022
• How, or did, the female gaze shape the app’s design and functions?
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
• At the league office, almost half of our team is female.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2018
• It's also not known whether the deceased was male or female.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2022
• One such species is the desert grassland whiptail lizard, all of which are female.
  — Corryn Wetzel, National Geographic, 25 Aug. 2020
• So the contrast between these three female leaders had to be present.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 18 Nov. 2023
• That would make Lambert just the second female artist to win three times.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2021
• Marty sparks with a female employee at the frame store.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 28 Nov. 2021
• The other performances that stayed with me this year were all female.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2020
• And yes, male and female were once again the only available genders.
  — Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2018
• The dogs are all female and range in age from one to 10 years old.
  — Maria Lovato, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Three of the officers are male, and one is female and their names are not yet public.
  — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Nov. 2021

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female

2 of 2 noun

• She attended a school where there were more males than females.
• Females of this species weigh 8 to 10 pounds.
• The female of the species is less studied than the male.
  — Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
• The nest was built on the head of a window frame by the female.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2020
• Once the eggs were hatched, the female would remove the egg shells.
  — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 May 2018
• The female and baby were picked up on the scene by a friend.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2020
• The pack is led by the alpha pair, a male and a female.
  — Star Tribune, 3 Nov. 2020
• In the feathered world, drab females are the order of the day.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2018
• Male tree crickets do all the singing and the females do not call.
  — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
• Llorente didn’t just break the world record for the most burpees by a female.
  — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, 10 May 2018
• The group was said to contain four males and two females.
  — cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
• The new calf is on display now at the zoo with the herd of four females and one male.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2019
• The girl was described as a female with blonde hair and blue eyes.
  — oregonlive, 23 Dec. 2020
• The male’s crest is bright red, while the female’s is black.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 15 July 2022
• There are two to five times many males with autism as females.
  — Amy Maxmen, Scientific American, 13 May 2017
• No one knows whether the male killed the calf, which was thought to be the infant of the younger female.
  — Virginia Morell, Science | AAAS, 19 June 2018
• Crehan would have been the first female with autism to make the crossing.
  — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 15 July 2021
• To be able to work with two other female leads was a big draw for me.
  — Emily Zemler, latimes.com, 27 June 2019
• The caller observed a female near the car, who fled on foot.
  — David Morgan, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2021
• Males and females of both species had long, curved tusks.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
• All of these spiders were then killed and eaten by the female.
  — NBC News, 25 Apr. 2022
• Bullock is a white female with brown hair and brown eyes.
  — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 17 Sep. 2021
• And his friend, who was a female, was getting crushed by the crowd.
  — CNN, 18 June 2020
• Holmes is described as a white female with brown hair and green eyes.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 17 Aug. 2022
• Then, at once, the males vanished, and in swam a huge female.
  — Susan Casey, Outside Online, 11 July 2018
• But the hippo harem lifestyle means that females stay close to home.
  — Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, 13 July 2018
• Two adult males and one adult female died from their injuries.
  — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
• In springtime, sows kick young males out of their dens so the females can breed again.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
• A female can lay eggs in tiny amounts of water and is known for being hardy.
  — Devi Shastri, jsonline.com, 13 July 2017
• Normally the females would dig two feet or more down to lay their eggs.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024