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Recent Examples of feminine The former enslaved told stories of Laveau dancing with snakes and fish, her movements blending her feminine form with the aquatic. Time, 8 Sep. 2025 The soft, chic, and feminine color mirrors her delicate yet tenacious personality, and accents of rose gold reflect the resilience found in her brand, Beauty Creations. Náosha Gregg, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Retailing for $5,730 on Gabriela Hearst’s official website, the style took a feminine approach to the trenchcoat dress. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025 The classes themselves, with their elegant movements and light weights, are descendants of those acceptable feminine exercises of yore — think of the long tennis skirt swapped for leggings and a cute sports bra. Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for feminine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feminine
female
Adjective
  • The powers that be explained to me that in the audiobook, there would be no easy way to identify the bees’ chapters, which were designated with italics in the printed version, unless the narrator’s voice changed from female to male.
    Elizabeth Bass Parman, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The West Virginia native became the face of female boxing in the mid-1990s, covering Sports Illustrated and helping to bring attention and legitimacy to the sport.
    Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Feminine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feminine. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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