How to Use femininity in a Sentence

femininity

noun
  • Bow eyes and her wild Titian curls, which lend her wise-guy mien a jolt of femininity.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • And that broke a bit from [the norm of] femininity that comes with being a woman.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 24 Feb. 2022
  • This idea of femininity was played with through the visuals of the campaign.
    Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2023
  • To add a touch of femininity to the monochromatic look, the garment's short sleeves billowed out from the bodice and had matching ruffles by the hem.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 26 Aug. 2023
  • In pageants around the world, beauty and femininity ideals have long been upheld and rarely challenged.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 24 June 2022
  • Virginie Viard signed a pure ode to femininity again with her punky touch.
    Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 7 May 2021
  • On Dirt Femme, Tove Lo buries herself in the nuances of her femininity.
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2022
  • If dresses aren’t your game, how about a tennis skirt for a dash of femininity?
    Laura Lajiness, Vogue, 20 July 2021
  • This $33 pair also includes pockets — a huge bonus — and a tie belt, which adds a dash of dressy femininity.
    Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Even so, their very femininity played a part in their defense.
    Brandy Schillace, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Its V-neck design and belted waist exude femininity, while the long sleeves keep the winter breezes at bay.
    Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • When femininity, as a concept, is kinda the clan’s whole crest?
    Vogue, 15 Apr. 2022
  • This paperbag pair, which is on sale at Target for just $30 right now, features a bow belt for an extra dash of femininity.
    Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Overall, the entire look adds sharp edges to soft femininity.
    Glamour, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The collar adds just the right amount of preppiness and femininity to a look without feeling overdone.
    Eva Thomas, PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2022
  • There was this shamelessness in femininity that felt so much more for that woman herself, and for other women, rather than for the male gaze.
    Gabrielle Sanchez, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2021
  • As the Parfum is spritzed atop the cocktail, the imbiber is treated with an aroma of splendid femininity and whimsy.
    Yola Robert, Forbes, 16 June 2021
  • The result is sleek and fluid, with a dose of romantic femininity.
    Christina Holevas, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024
  • This perfume is the ultimate in femininity with its jasmine and rose essence.
    Cailey Lindberg, Good Housekeeping, 12 Dec. 2022
  • One aspect of a man’s strength lies in his masculinity, as a woman’s strength lies in her femininity.
    Allyson Portee, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The menswear line’s dedication to whimsy and color gives it a softness, a kind of femininity.
    Marisa Meltzer, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The soft, curved corners are shaped to fit and enhance the neckline, exuding preppiness with a touch of femininity.
    Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com, 19 Jan. 2022
  • In addition to instruction on goal shooting and passing techniques, the girls on the team get lessons in femininity.
    New York Times, 30 June 2021
  • The femininity of the space feels almost sacred—huge smiles leap from women’s faces, encouraging claps spring from their hands.
    Raleigh McCool, Longreads, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But in her first novel, Trespasses, the Irish writer Louise Kennedy doesn’t shy away from either fun or femininity.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The whole band is women who have femininity of different kinds.
    New York Times, 29 June 2021
  • My memory of that first time—over six years ago now—echoes that special frisson of noticing your femininity.
    Isha Marathe, Bon Appétit, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Critics have complained that this is the policing not of athleticism but of femininity.
    S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Photo: Ethan Herrington For the second nursery, which was created with the clever addition of a wall that sliced off a small portion of the living room, Falconer leaned into femininity.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
  • For Kushner, too, lowering the barricades against the clichés of femininity has an effect at once jarring and liberating.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024

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