Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinsterish
Adjective
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Albee's 1962 play won a Tony Award, and would have also won a Pulitzer Prize for drama, if the prissy trustees of Columbia University hadn't overruled the jury.—
Jim Higgins,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2023 -
Some of that’s changing times, some of that is because a not-insignificant portion of W.A.S.P. fans are prissy suburbanites themselves.—
Andy O'Connor,
SPIN,
13 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Customers often start with one piece of dainty, feminine, solid gold piercing jewelry or work with a member of Laura’s team to create a memorable ear stack.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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There are also images of her in softer silhouettes such as a black strappy midi-dress and pleated miniskirt, creating more playful, feminine looks.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Through it all, Deneuve’s Bernadette presents a model of soft-spoken, womanly perseverance.—
Armond White,
National Review,
23 Apr. 2025
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My favorite was the dystopian one featured in the tour’s promotional, majestically capturing a Black, womanly otherworldliness concomitant with her performance.—
Julian Randall,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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There’s still a girlish quality to Mishi’s look thanks to the short shorts, which also accentuate the legs that will determine her greatness.—
Oliver Sava,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2025
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As if the florals weren’t girlish enough, Kidman—styled by Jason Bolden—cinched her waist with a black satin bow belt.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Her husband, the filmmaker, wears a foppish silk scarf.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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And then that version of Nosferatu fell apart, and Bill was cast in The Northman as this sort of foppish cousin of Alexander Skarsgård.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Lavin said Lukas loved to fish, so there will be a fishing dock in his honor, Genevieve was a girly girl and the boss of her brothers, Ben was artsy, and Archer was athletic.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2025
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Simone Rocha has been making walkable city-friendly, concert-friendly girly footwear fashionable for a minute now, and the world is finally ready.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
24 Mar. 2025
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