How to Use feminize in a Sentence

feminize

verb

• Chicago has said that the work was meant to soften the landscape, to feminize it.
  — Briana Miller | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2022
• Or for women to feminize the puffer by wearing it off the shoulder, cinched at the waist (Public School).
  — Susan Chira, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2017
• Elkin tries to modernize and feminize the flâneur by filling in the role herself.
  — Madison Mainwaring, New Republic, 9 May 2017
• But there’s a sense in which the condition itself has been feminized.
  — Lidija Haas, The New Yorker, 17 June 2014
• Then there’s the recurring sense of being, in sickness, forcibly feminized.
  — Lidija Haas, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• In that research, 33 percent of male smallmouth bass were feminized.
  — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016
• At the time women’s streetwear brands were just feminized version of the men’s and their advertisements all seemed to cater to the male gaze, Baby Phat centered women.
  — Jessica Andrews, Teen Vogue, 13 Mar. 2019
• The unique pattern, long sleeves and flowing train gave the look a fierce, reptilian-like effect while the open back and perfect glove-like fit feminized the look by letting her show off her curves.
  — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 7 June 2018
• The Left has tried to culturally feminize this country in a way that is disgusting.
  — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Apr. 2018
• Rihanna was also asked about the decision not to overly feminize the line.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 30 July 2020
• As both these species have a common ancestor there must have been strong selection going on to feminize the bonobos.
  — Mark Maslin, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2015
• If fathers are too affectionate with their sons, does that feminize them?
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023
• In some parasitic bees, for instance, females have lost many of the usual traits that feminize other species, and can appear almost male.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2020
• When women's gymnastics was introduced in its current form in 1952, music was added to feminize the event.
  — Emily Adams, USA TODAY, 27 June 2021
• Just as some transgender women and men choose to take hormones or have surgery, or choose neither, some seek to feminize or masculinize their voices.
  — Catherine Saint Louis, The Seattle Times, 1 May 2017
• Still later the idealized Columbus, which was feminized along classical lines, became even more important than the man.
  — William McGurn, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2017
• And if all of the above tips just sounded like anxiety-producing jargon, don’t freak—Harwood has a slew of feminizing makeup videos on his page, including one, below, that demonstrates a bunch of the tips and tricks above.
  — Chloe Metzger, Marie Claire, 9 Oct. 2017
• In trans patients of any age, fat injections can help feminize the face—a feminine face is typically less chiselled than a masculine one.
  — Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2018
• Then there are the studies that have looked into whether isoflavones can feminize men and infants and interfere with fertility and development.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2019
• And from birth control hormones feminizing male fish to painkillers poisoning vultures, the impacts of such drugs on wildlife are more far-reaching than previously believed.
  — Carrie Arnold, National Geographic, 6 Dec. 2019
• The indignity Trump suffers comes from being feminized, from assuming the role that a woman usually fills.
  — Craig Konnoth, The Denver Post, 5 May 2017
• With sentimental epics set in troubled times, Allende feminized a Latin American canon that enshrines men.
  — Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2020
• An attempt by the white supremacist gay agenda to feminize black boys by making them wear tight clothes and ostentatious jewelry.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 26 Feb. 2018
• She is played by Evangeline Lily in a very realistic way and not feminized with unrealistic beauty shots.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2018
• The most prominent white character, the longshoremen Big Blonde — note the feminizing e on his nickname — is infatuated with a pretty boy called Petit Frere.
  — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020
• The idea was to claim what was a traditionally male uniform and unapologetically feminize it.
  — Vanessa Friedman New York Times, Star Tribune, 21 Sep. 2020
• To date, no studies have shown eating soy or isoflavones in moderation can feminize males or affect childhood development.
  — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021
• Rarely are men labeled as such, and when men who participate in chisme are labeled chismosos, their castigation functions to feminize their behavior.
  — Lizeth Gutierrez, refinery29.com, 14 Nov. 2022
• Feminizing a voice, however, involves far more than just achieving a consistently higher pitch.
  — Catherine Saint Louis, The Seattle Times, 1 May 2017
• Certainly genes are not the determinants: Children with XY chromosomes who lack receptors for testosterone and thus have feminized anatomy — and are in turn socialized as women — all tend to identify as women, despite that Y chromosome.
  — Alex Morris, The Cut, 3 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024