How to Use mannish in a Sentence

mannish

adjective

• She had a deep and rather mannish voice.
• She was wearing a hat and mannish clothing.
• Stylish — yes, but in her opinion, her jaw gave her face a mannish air.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 16 May 2018
• The outfits were finished off with mannish brogue shoes or furry flat slippers.
  — Gregory Katz, The Seattle Times, 17 Feb. 2018
• Heavy boots toughened up flirty dresses, a slouchy coat covered a sequin skirt and a mannish boiler suit came in a dusty rose silk.
  — Alice Tate, Marie Claire, 18 Feb. 2013
• The younger woman, watching the older, is proud and confident (and also slightly mannish).
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
• Beckham’s mannish blazer gained a feminine line thanks to a waist-cinching belt and the silhouette worked nicely with skinny trousers.
  — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 12 June 2018
• But Pugh’s stroke of genius is putting Eileen not in some sort of mannish suit but in a bombshell dress that highlights her curves like a primal goddess.
  — Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
• Over the years, writers have pondered why the men stayed in the first place, calling Gunness' appearance unwomanly and mannish.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 7 July 2021
• Weirdly, Helen takes her up on the offer, leaving the body for someone else to worry about and trading her own mannish wardrobe for Mary's posh togs.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 May 2018
• Baldwin’s body-skimming dress and mannish blazer combo was a feminine alternative to the trouser suit.
  — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2017
• Likewise, there’s nothing inherently mannish about strumming electric guitars or banging on drums except that the culture has made it so.
  — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 11 Nov. 2022
• For all its agonies, madness awakens in its sufferers the gift of fairy sight, access to those deepest truths covered up by centuries of mannish toil and industry.
  — Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020
• Nadia Krasteva’s Maddalena, tarted up to look like a drag queen, with a retinue of floozies, supplies hefty mezzo tones, even mannish chest voice.
  — Dallas News, 10 Oct. 2022
• Early 20th-century writers, who failed to identify her as a lesbian, sometimes described her as strangely mannish, asexual—and odd.
  — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2022
• They were taken in by the beautiful Laura Fairlie and her mannish, mustached half-sister, Marian Halcombe.
  — Katherine Hobbs, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2024
• Here, the suffragists portrayed are mannish and middle-aged, typical of many negative suffragist depictions, stereotyping them as unsexed spinsters.
  — Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
• However overacted, Goerke’s Ortrud delivered the vocal goods, by turns scorching and smoldering, with mannish chest voice at moments.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
• The capsule collection to be unveiled in June is expected to serve as a manifesto and define Lauro’s vision, rooted in high-octane sensuality with a mannish edge.
  — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
• Annie Callanan, director of program and visitor services for the house, says that Susan, hurt by depictions of suffragettes as ugly and mannish, took pains with her appearance and urged other suffragettes to do the same.
  — Sophia Dembling, Smithsonian, 25 Jan. 2017
• Annie Callanan, director of program and visitor services for the house, says that Susan, hurt by depictions of suffragettes as ugly and mannish, took pains with her appearance and urged other suffragettes to do the same.
  — Sophia Dembling, Smithsonian, 19 Jan. 2017
• Sandra wears a suit jacket in court to signal her bisexuality, consistent with the mannish presiding judge (Anne Rotger) and the accusatory court spectators.
  — Armond White, National Review, 31 Jan. 2024
• Even in its nods to mannish tailoring, the lineup exuded unapologetic seductiveness and glam with all its lingerie references, sculptural corsetry, and the 17th and 18th century-echoing crinolines.
  — WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
• In addition to displaying its signature tailoring and new iterations of outerwear staples cut from mannish fabrics or hand-embroidered with floral motifs, the brand spotlighted its technical prowess in a series of unfussy dresses targeting women on the move.
  — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026