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 composer's new music calls for female voices.
• The dogs are all female and range in age from one to 10 years old.
  — Maria Lovato, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• But when both male and female birds tend the nest, both seem to sing at the same rate.
  — Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2020
• Ask to be guided by the all-female ranger team, the only such in the Mara.
  — Town & Country, 14 Dec. 2022
• More and more female artists asked to join their ranks.
  — Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2018
• Three of the cubs are female and one is male, according to the zoo.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
• How, or did, the female gaze shape the app’s design and functions?
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
• 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
• At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female.
  — James Hibberd, EW.com, 10 June 2020
• The four victims who were hit were all female, one of whom is 5 years old.
  — NBC News, 11 May 2020
• The squad had added its first female guard only the year before.
  — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 31 July 2022
• There will be prizes for best male and female, couple and more.
  — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2019
• It is now performed by a dozen dancers, male and female.
  — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 18 Jan. 2022
• 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
• Over a quarter of all players across the globe are now female.
  — CNN, 12 Mar. 2018
• The runners — male and female, young and old — were blessed at each mission.
  — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 15 Sep. 2020
• Two of the victims are female and one is male, police said.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2019
• But there is no such thing as a male or female eggplant.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 6 July 2021
• That would make Lambert just the second female artist to win three times.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2021
• That is to say—if the future is female, then the world’s wellness dwells in women.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2021
• All female artists who perform with a clip in their hair please raise your hands!
  — Emily Wang, Allure, 24 Aug. 2018
• That’s such a female-friendship thing, to make someone a playlist.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 July 2022
• Just over half of its clients are 28 to 45 years old, about two-thirds of them female, the company said.
  — Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• At the league office, almost half of our team is female.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2018
• One such species is the desert grassland whiptail lizard, all of which are female.
  — Corryn Wetzel, National Geographic, 25 Aug. 2020
• Here’s a list of all songwriters -- male or female -- who have amassed four or more song of the year nods.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2020
• We are primed to scold Doug for depriving his girlfriend of a creative outlet and the shoulders of strong female characters to cry on.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
• Now in eighth grade, Pepper-Jackson has identified as female for five years — nearly half her life, the court noted.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024

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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
• The male’s crest is bright red, while the female’s is black.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 15 July 2022
• Once the eggs were hatched, the female would remove the egg shells.
  — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 May 2018
• In the feathered world, drab females are the order of the day.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2018
• The pack is led by the alpha pair, a male and a female.
  — Star Tribune, 3 Nov. 2020
• Llorente didn’t just break the world record for the most burpees by a female.
  — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, 10 May 2018
• The female and baby were picked up on the scene by a friend.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2020
• 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
• At the San Diego Zoo, there are five males and one female.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2023
• Male tree crickets do all the singing and the females do not call.
  — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
• Two males and a female, all in their 20s, were among those shot.
  — Jasper Scherer, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Feb. 2018
• Then, at once, the males vanished, and in swam a huge female.
  — Susan Casey, Outside Online, 11 July 2018
• 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 group was said to contain four males and two females.
  — cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
• The fifth, a female named Sela, did not allow a swab test.
  — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2021
• The girl was described as a female with blonde hair and blue eyes.
  — oregonlive, 23 Dec. 2020
• And his friend, who was a female, was getting crushed by the crowd.
  — CNN, 18 June 2020
• The rest of the time, females handle matters on their own terms.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
• There are two to five times many males with autism as females.
  — Amy Maxmen, Scientific American, 13 May 2017
• The caller observed a female near the car, who fled on foot.
  — David Morgan, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2021
• Crehan would have been the first female with autism to make the crossing.
  — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 15 July 2021
• Males and females of both species had long, curved tusks.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
• To be able to work with two other female leads was a big draw for me.
  — Emily Zemler, latimes.com, 27 June 2019
• An adult female was found dead in the home, Alexander added.
  — Stephanie Guerilus, ABC News, 3 July 2022
• Two other victims, a male and female, were found by the front door and the slain child was in the front room.
  — Paul J. Weber, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• With the new arrival, the number of rhinoceroses at the zoo rose to five, including male Spike and females Mambo and Gloria.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 9 Apr. 2024
• Deputies spoke to the other person in the car, an adult female, identified as Erin Ward, who was allegedly putting her clothes on in the backseat, according to the release.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024