womanhood
noun
wom·an·hood
ˈwu̇-mən-ˌhu̇d 
especially Southern ˈwō-,
or ˈwə-
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Examples of womanhood in a Sentence
a young girl on the verge of womanhood
What is your view of womanhood?
The book is a celebration of womanhood.
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Yet to practitioners of today, Hollington’s vision is probably a more relatable form of womanhood.
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Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
This tension over competing visions of womanhood fueled the kinds of collective anxieties that manifest in modern folklore and urban legends.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
Adams only shrugs—after everything that motherhood, and womanhood, has already inflicted on her character’s body, nothing seems to surprise her anymore.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2024
With the goal of empowering women to embrace this natural transition and shed any shame of aging in womanhood at the center of her mission, the actress hopes for women to be inspired by the eternal beauty that comes with this stage of life.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2024
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Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
This tension over competing visions of womanhood fueled the kinds of collective anxieties that manifest in modern folklore and urban legends.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
Adams only shrugs—after everything that motherhood, and womanhood, has already inflicted on her character’s body, nothing seems to surprise her anymore.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2024
With the goal of empowering women to embrace this natural transition and shed any shame of aging in womanhood at the center of her mission, the actress hopes for women to be inspired by the eternal beauty that comes with this stage of life.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Womanhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/womanhood. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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womanhood
noun
wom·an·hood
ˈwu̇m-ən-ˌhu̇d
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