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Recent Examples of girlish
The best is the first, Christmas Past, represented by an ethereal, girlish creature who floats around gently, like dandelion fluff.
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Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
Her hair was pulled into a half-up, half-down with another quintessentially Karl accessory: a girlish black bow.
—Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2023
Hair braided, girlish anticipation in the air.
—Gugu Mbatha-Raw, ELLE, 30 Dec. 2022
Claire Danes, who just announced her pregnancy with her third child, chose a fanciful Giambattista Valli frock with a girlish pink bow.
—Rory Satran, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
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Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
Her hair was pulled into a half-up, half-down with another quintessentially Karl accessory: a girlish black bow.
—Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2023
Hair braided, girlish anticipation in the air.
—Gugu Mbatha-Raw, ELLE, 30 Dec. 2022
Claire Danes, who just announced her pregnancy with her third child, chose a fanciful Giambattista Valli frock with a girlish pink bow.
—Rory Satran, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
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The spoof video that is played on screens at Trump’s rallies alternates between scenes of intense military training, sometimes with drill sergeants yelling at troops, and scenes depicting what are meant to portray LGBTQ members of the military, each displaying exaggerated feminine affects.Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Four years later, when Trump was running against another white man, majorities of Republicans agreed that both society has become too soft and feminine and that society punishes men just for acting like men, tapping into a particular brand of male/masculine grievance.Kelly Dittmar, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Kirk is thirty-one; his rise to power has paralleled that of the MAGA movement, for which he’s become a youthful avatar.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Posters of rock bands like Def Leppard, Whitesnake, and Motley Crüe cover the walls, while a youthful Johnny Depp and U2's The Edge add to the 80s vibe.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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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
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Her namesake designs reflect her penchant for luxurious fabrics and impeccable make, unexpected flourishes via volume or texture, and womanly silhouettes with a modernist touch.Miles Socha, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
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And if there was damage on younger roofs, insurers were willing to accept a repair instead of a full replacement, Metcalf said.Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Ernst, who lives in Middleton, Wis., is the author of 20 historical novels and mysteries for young readers from American Girl, 11 books in the Chloe Ellefson Historic Sites mysteries, and nonfiction history and poetry.Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
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At club night, Cory works to lock in female alliances.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Our female testers noted that the warmth did come at the cost of a flattering silhouette, but the boxy cut is a price worth paying in the coldest of winter climes.Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Instead, too many people are willing to write off his childish, mean-spirited antics by saying, well, Trump's just being Trump.ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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With each day, the boy’s instinctive interest in natural history transcended his childish thirst for adventure.Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Instead of going edgy, Michael Kors put the model in a super-girlie floral look from head to toe.Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2022
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The clients had asked that the space not be too girlie, and the wallcovering, a holdover from the suite’s life as guest quarters, worked as a neutral background.Alison Van Houten, WSJ, 21 July 2021
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Anchorman trades the ratings-battle storyline of similar films for a battle of the sexes, pitting an infantile boys’ club against a new hire navigating their sexism with the seasoned poise of someone who’s done this all before.Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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One striking incident involves an impromptu dinner party, in which Mia and Aaryan must prepare to host their parents, friends and acquaintances while balancing Virginia’s increasingly infantile behavior.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Girlish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlish. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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