How to Use female in a Sentence

female

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of femalenext
Synonyms for femalenext
  • Most extension cords have a male plug on one end and a female plug on the other.
  • The composer's new music calls for female voices.
  • The dogs are all female and range in age from one to 10 years old.
    — Maria Lovato, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • But when both male and female birds tend the nest, both seem to sing at the same rate.
    — Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Ask to be guided by the all-female ranger team, the only such in the Mara.
    — Town & Country, 14 Dec. 2022
  • More and more female artists asked to join their ranks.
    — Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2018
  • Three of the cubs are female and one is male, according to the zoo.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
  • How, or did, the female gaze shape the app’s design and functions?
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Long have there been jokes about female drivers on the street.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2018
  • It was not known if the person killed was male or female.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2020
  • At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female.
    — James Hibberd, EW.com, 10 June 2020
  • The four victims who were hit were all female, one of whom is 5 years old.
    — NBC News, 11 May 2020
  • The squad had added its first female guard only the year before.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 31 July 2022
  • There will be prizes for best male and female, couple and more.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2019
  • It is now performed by a dozen dancers, male and female.
    — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The female leader sat at the far right chair, leaving one spot between her and the man.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 July 2022
  • Over a quarter of all players across the globe are now female.
    — CNN, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The runners — male and female, young and old — were blessed at each mission.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Two of the victims are female and one is male, police said.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2019
  • But there is no such thing as a male or female eggplant.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 6 July 2021
  • That would make Lambert just the second female artist to win three times.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2021
  • That is to say—if the future is female, then the world’s wellness dwells in women.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2021
  • All female artists who perform with a clip in their hair please raise your hands!
    — Emily Wang, Allure, 24 Aug. 2018
  • That’s such a female-friendship thing, to make someone a playlist.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 July 2022
  • Just over half of its clients are 28 to 45 years old, about two-thirds of them female, the company said.
    — Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • At the league office, almost half of our team is female.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2018
  • One such species is the desert grassland whiptail lizard, all of which are female.
    — Corryn Wetzel, National Geographic, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Here’s a list of all songwriters -- male or female -- who have amassed four or more song of the year nods.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2020
  • We are primed to scold Doug for depriving his girlfriend of a creative outlet and the shoulders of strong female characters to cry on.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Now in eighth grade, Pepper-Jackson has identified as female for five years — nearly half her life, the court noted.
    — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
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female

2 of 2 noun
  • She attended a school where there were more males than females.
  • Females of this species weigh 8 to 10 pounds.
  • The female of the species is less studied than the male.
    — Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The nest was built on the head of a window frame by the female.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2020
  • The male’s crest is bright red, while the female’s is black.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 15 July 2022
  • Once the eggs were hatched, the female would remove the egg shells.
    — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 May 2018
  • In the feathered world, drab females are the order of the day.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The pack is led by the alpha pair, a male and a female.
    — Star Tribune, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Llorente didn’t just break the world record for the most burpees by a female.
    — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, 10 May 2018
  • The female and baby were picked up on the scene by a friend.
    — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2020
  • No one knows whether the male killed the calf, which was thought to be the infant of the younger female.
    — Virginia Morell, Science | AAAS, 19 June 2018
  • At the San Diego Zoo, there are five males and one female.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Male tree crickets do all the singing and the females do not call.
    — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Two males and a female, all in their 20s, were among those shot.
    — Jasper Scherer, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Feb. 2018
  • Then, at once, the males vanished, and in swam a huge female.
    — Susan Casey, Outside Online, 11 July 2018
  • The new calf is on display now at the zoo with the herd of four females and one male.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The group was said to contain four males and two females.
    — cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
  • The fifth, a female named Sela, did not allow a swab test.
    — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The girl was described as a female with blonde hair and blue eyes.
    — oregonlive, 23 Dec. 2020
  • And his friend, who was a female, was getting crushed by the crowd.
    — CNN, 18 June 2020
  • The rest of the time, females handle matters on their own terms.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
  • There are two to five times many males with autism as females.
    — Amy Maxmen, Scientific American, 13 May 2017
  • The caller observed a female near the car, who fled on foot.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Crehan would have been the first female with autism to make the crossing.
    — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 15 July 2021
  • Males and females of both species had long, curved tusks.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • To be able to work with two other female leads was a big draw for me.
    — Emily Zemler, latimes.com, 27 June 2019
  • An adult female was found dead in the home, Alexander added.
    — Stephanie Guerilus, ABC News, 3 July 2022
  • Two other victims, a male and female, were found by the front door and the slain child was in the front room.
    — Paul J. Weber, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • With the new arrival, the number of rhinoceroses at the zoo rose to five, including male Spike and females Mambo and Gloria.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Deputies spoke to the other person in the car, an adult female, identified as Erin Ward, who was allegedly putting her clothes on in the backseat, according to the release.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024

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