| 单词 | girlish |
| 例句 | The look on her face is a mix of girlish excitement and some sort of pain. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z She says, “After this next one, I’m going to do aerobics and get my girlish figure back.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A friend once told me that my mother and I were alike, that we had the same wispy hand gestures, the same girlish laugh and sideways look. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z What began as a dramatically delusory ploy to recapture her father’s attention turned into a sad tarantella of girlish desperation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben said letting a quick girlish giggle escape in his surprise. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nancy's bedroom was the smallest, most personal room in the house—girlish, and as frothy as a ballerina’s tutu. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “And how will she welcome you, this just queen? A warm embrace, a girlish titter, a headsman’s axe?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She dressed like most Oakland High students, in a hoodie and sweats, but she wore her long black hair in two girlish braids. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A packet wrapped in brown paper and tied with a bit of calico proved to hold girlish bits of fabric. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z On Saturdays, she and Ofelia went to the beauty parlor and returned with identical helmets of girlish curls, which they protected fiercely with hairpins and kerchiefs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared hard at Suzanne, at her perfect heart-shaped face and reddish-brown skin, feeling comforted somehow by the youthful smoothness of her cheeks and the girlish curve in her lips. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Bonnie was a dour, spindly woman whose thick girlish braids fell like leashes over the innocent puppies pictured on her sweatshirt. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Now that he has an audience, he puts on a silly voice, high and girlish. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Someone began making fun of “Captain Marvel,” the head of the football team, saying how girlish he looked in his graduation gown. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Helene grabs me as her head snaps back, and she screams, a girlish shriek I know I should never, ever mention. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There was the lisp, of course, but more troubling was my voice itself, with its excitable tone and high, girlish pitch. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z That and the fact that I ran out and met them all on the front porch looking as cheerful and lively as I could, wearing my prize ribbon, practically capering with girlish good health. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Like you mentioned the other day,” said Sarai, girlish in her demure posture and childlike excitement. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The disappointment he felt in his daughters sifted down on them like ash, dulling their buttery complexions and choking the lilt out of what should have been girlish voices. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Because she was small and had a girlish haircut, Pong had thought that she wasn't much older than a teenager. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Catelyn listened to girlish laughter, and the excited chatter of the green boys her brother had left her for a garrison. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Susan Calvin rose to her feet with a vivacity almost girlish. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Tigers? You are too old for girlish games!” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z With her girlish, provocative gait, she ran over to Ben’s side of the car and began eating french fries as she whispered to Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Umbridge laughed a soft girlish laugh that made Harry want to attack her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Propelled from the depths of her ignorance, silly imagining and girlish rectitude, she had come to call a halt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The red nails made her look womanly while the rest of her—the thin pale arms, the fragile neck—remained as girlish as always. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But all Patria saw were pretty notebooks written in a girlish hand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever excitement and girlish joy I felt before the bombing simply died for a long period after the bombing. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She looked up at him with a girlish grin, and we could all see how much he was taken with her. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He loves her girlish giggle, how she cries easily. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Now she flew in a beautiful blur of span- dex and sequins, a girlish ninja star arcing through the air. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Briony also stood up, and as she did so, gave another of her penetrating girlish cries. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “You could be sued for not letting him go,” Lloyd said in his girlish voice. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She was one of them, really, blithe and girlish in her manner and her tastes—video games, Harry Potter, the baffling pop music they listened to. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Remembering the painted boots, she surveyed her white satin slippers with girlish satisfaction, and chasseed down the room, admiring her aristocratic feet all by herself. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z My brother's voice, like my own, is high-pitched and girlish. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z That he was meant to be a boy, or at least to live as a boy, to live in the blur between a boyish girl and a girlish boy. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He thought she was beautiful like that, girlish, but he didn’t want her excuse to her parents, if they were still awake, to sound ridiculous. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z On the sidewalk I’ll feel her girlish walk take over, and die movement brings back a kind of emotion, a desolate and gossipy sympathy for the girls I see coming home from school. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With his smooth pink cheeks, soft hands, and brown curls, he looked more girlish than most girls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I squeeze my legs together, the girlish fears still operating in me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A tiny forty-eight-year-old woman with girlish features, she lost eight pounds before her appetite finally returned. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For the firemen had put firemen’s helmets on the penguins, which made the delighted birds look very silly and girlish. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Cecilia went to Briony’s bedroom and rummaged in a drawer for the least girlish design—white, ankle length, with red and green strawberries around the tops. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her effective status as an only child, as well as the relative isolation of the Tallis house, kept her, at least during the long summer holidays, from girlish intrigues with friends. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her breasts were small and pointed, hef hips narrow and girlish, her legs as skinny as a bird’s. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She had no idea what she was attracted to—the boyish girl, the girlish boy—and eventually she decided it didn’t really matter. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Such fun! Only see! A regular note of invitation from Mrs. Gardiner for tomorrow night!” cried Meg, waving the precious paper and then proceeding to read it with girlish delight. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Shoulders, neck, arms, hands, face, were unaffected, slender and girlish. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Did Miss Anderson read them and laugh at my girlish sentiment? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “That should keep the sun off that girlish skin of yours.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how exciting the spectacle before her, nor how novel to her girlish eyes, she turned away instantly if the corner of her eye caught a glimpse of metallic movement. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He hadn’t expected Aurelia to show her girlish weakness by pleading like this for any of the participants, and certainly not for mere disposable animals. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I changed voices, now soft and girlish, then a little deeper like Bailey’s. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Detective Newberg flashed her girlish smile, then made a note on her yellow pad. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She’s smaller, for one thing, with an improbably girlish face and a pixie’s cap of white hair. Amy Herzog?s ?4000 Miles? at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 2012-03-25T01:30:04Z She possesses a sweetly girlish voice and loves to laugh. Russi Taylor, the voice and personality of Minnie Mouse 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Lowin wisely held her piping, girlish upper register in reserve, the better to give each song the quiet intensity of a reflective personal point of view. Review: In Tribute to Eva Cassidy, Rebekah Lowin Gives New Personality to Standards 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Lena Horne beams with girlish confidence, while Bessie Smith’s knotted brow and hooded eyes suggest a tired dignity. Exhibitions celebrate the opening of the Smithsonian’s African American Museum 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Granted, there is something amusing about a girlish decorative sampler with “misandry” embroidered in purple thread, in the way that gross contrast is often amusing. Sorry, Feminists: Misandry Isn't Funny 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z When an unexpected romance ignites on that salsa dance floor, Ms. Fay’s Lorraine is quite remarkably transformed from anxious and awkward to confident and content; the forbidding scowl becomes a positively girlish grin. 2010-01-08T03:46:00Z She was arrogant and then just a little gawky, tugging at a top that kept slipping down, and flashing a girlish gap-toothed grin before the next programmed beat started up. ArtsBeat: Dominique Young Unique Struts at CMJ 2010-10-20T17:49:00Z Her elegant, elongated limbs were camouflaged, and her pale, makeup-free face seemed girlish. Sylvie Guillem?s ?6000 Miles Away? at David H. Koch Theater 2012-03-30T16:19:31Z Beneath them is an opulent tattoo, the word “Treasure” in implicitly “girlish” cursive. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z In Ms. Nishimura, perhaps it’s a similar maniacal energy — sweet, even girlish on the surface, but dark underneath — that Sia was drawn to. Sia and Her Terpsichorean Shadow 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z That arm, pale, slender and girlish, almost begs to be adorned with bracelets. Art Review: A Glow From Within and on the Surface 2011-05-12T16:07:05Z No matter how forcefully she belts, her voice carries a touch of girlish lightness. Music Review: LaChanze Sings at the Allen Room - Review 2012-01-20T23:56:12Z Her voice is usually high and piping, conveying a girlish innocence that her lyrics often cheerfully belie. Beauty Confronts Doom on Grimes’s ‘Miss Anthropocene’ 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Whether belting, keening or murmuring, insinuating or girlish, Ms. Gong is a star. Review: Bang on a Can Marathon Stays as Eclectic and Playful as Ever 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z “Her whole public career is built as someone who had already aged beyond youth and was occupying a position of power and charisma that did not rely on girlish beauty,” Field said. Catherine Was Great. But Was She a Girl Boss? 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z But part of what drew her sizable fan base was the sunny, girlish vitality she brought to ringside victory interviews. Gina Carano Makes Film Debut in ?Haywire? 2012-01-01T18:02:37Z There are tears, girlish claps and awed gasps, all harmless fluff with a hint of hard-nosed business: as one of the stylists says, as grimly as her pretty face will allow, "Always be closing." TV highlights – 03/05/2013 2013-05-03T06:00:05Z No more loose and sloppy casual clothes, easy sportswear or girlish frills. Special Report: Fashion: On the Straight and Narrow 2011-02-15T18:00:59Z My stylish, girlish avatar — KungfuMeow — walks the streets looking for creatures to subdue. She’s a gamer, I’m not: How Pokémon Go helped my marriage 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z This ebullience stayed with her, girlish and delightful, throughout her career. Laura Knight: Portraits – review 2013-07-13T23:05:27Z She offered a big smile, a girlish wave, direct eye contact, somehow meeting the energy of the fan with enthusiasm of her own. Sarah Jessica Parker, Leaving Carrie Behind With HBO’s ‘Divorce’ 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The Chaplin-esque, androgynous charm and distinctive, girlish California cadence that so enraptures some and so enrages others was in full effect. Miranda July faces "The Future" 2011-07-27T00:30:00Z The strong, spare arrangements of her pianist, Nate Buccieri, left room to savor the remarkable subtlety of her interpretations, in which every word and inflection in her deceptively light, girlish voice is made to count. Review: Marissa Mulder Trusts Her Intuition at the Metropolitan Room 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Her hits, including “Supermodel” and “I Kissed a Girl,” fused sugary melodies and her bright, girlish vocals with storytelling that was brilliantly subversive for mainstream audiences. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z His first major Broadway gig was in “Spamalot,” in which he played parts as varied as an abusive Frenchman, a girlish prince and an undead corpse. This Broadway Season, Christian Borle Is Taking the Lead(s) 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z When Bianca does marry, even though it is to the suitor she most wanted, the girlish glee of independence drains from her at once. Review: Taming ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ Under a Tent 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The title “The Mikado” calls to mind images of a lovesick wandering minstrel, a Lord High Executioner and a trio of schoolgirls filled with girlish glee. A ‘Mikado’ for a modern age — minus Japan, but complete with a bar 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Plotting a girlish prank on him one day, she was exposed to a piercing glimpse of his profound despair and loneliness. | 'We?re Gonna Die': Amid Catchy Choruses, Personal Tales of Life?s Brutal Verities 2011-04-10T21:32:33Z Some phrases are focused and persuasive, with a girlish feistiness; others are shaky. Critics? Choice: CDs by Karen Elson, Crystal Castles, Keith Jarrett 2010-05-23T22:36:00Z A piercing squawk ricochets around the theater, followed by bright peals of girlish giggling. | 'Born Yesterday': Daffy Blonde Gets Wise to Washington 2011-04-25T02:01:07Z Was the 33-year-old Ms. Bell, in a girlish white dress, her long-ago self? Review: A Trio of Micro-Operas in the East Village 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z January LaVoy as Charlotte is charming, but it took me a minute to get used to her girlish voice in that maternal role. Meryl Streep Wants to Tell You a Bedtime Story 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Our last discourse-conquering sex movie, “Fifty Shades of Grey,” was “9 ½ Weeks” recast as a ludicrous girlish romance — an affair that really did feel like a pottery class. When the Master of the Erotic Thriller Fails to Thrill 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z In the film, despair, depression and uncontrollable tears are mixed with girlish excitement at the prospect of an impending visit from Paul. Binoche plays tragic sculptress Claudel in new film 2013-02-13T10:32:29Z Having seen “Follies” a few nights earlier, though, I couldn’t help wondering how Jamie might regard his glamorously girlish self a few decades down the line. Showgirls, a Monster and a Drag Queen: Singing Songs of Self 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Her style, especially when she was married to now King Charles III, deviated subtly from the royal formula, sometimes incorporating more masculine or more girlish touches, like double-breasted military-style jackets and the occasional dropped-waist dress. Queen Elizabeth, fashion icon? Yes. 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z She had been slouching a bit, but now she drew herself up, placed her hands on the table, straightening her shoulders and setting her mouth in a way that made the girlish dimple vanish. Gloria: a short story by Alice McDermott In age, they range from girlish to grande dame, yet form a group so egregiously white that HR editor Stephen Galloway felt compelled to issue a preemptive apologia on behalf of the entire film industry. Your #OscarsSoWhite preview: What the blindingly-white Hollywood Reporter actress roundtable says about the 2016 Academy Awards 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Within these polarities, Elisabeth is neither naïve or girlish, as some have supposed. Wagner's Tannh?user 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z At 90, she is girlish and soft one minute, fearsome and sharp the next, and she commands all the attention in the room. For Kristin Chenoweth and Kelli O’Hara, a Fearsome Fairy Godmother 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z With both her girlish laughter and her furrowed brow, which announces itself with the frown lines that haunt us all as we age, Bening captures this state of being perfectly. Annette Bening Is Radiant In 20th Century Women 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Don’t let ogling your girlish figure lead your mind astray! Style Invitational: The an(n)als of civilization 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The mood was girlish innocence verging to girlish wreck, with long silk-print and knit dresses, impressively fat cardigans, and maxi coats in multi-hued python. On the Runway: In Milan, a Movie Obsession and a 1960s Tilt 2011-02-27T22:46:51Z Furne recently arrived at her fifth decade, her brown hair beginning to silver at the hairline but a girlish humor still intact. Passing gas: A modern scientific history 2013-04-07T11:00:00Z If the choruses of these songs recalled the girlish unison chants of the B-52s and the Tom Tom Club, pungent lyrics laced the bubble-gum melodies. Artsy mimimalism of Tune-Yards is maximum fun live Her style may change—sometimes smoky, here whispering, there deeply mournful, then cheeky and girlish—but Spektor’s vocals are always uniquely identifiable. Regina Spektor’s “…Cheap Seats”: The Return of the Pop Maverick and Her Piano 2012-06-01T10:45:25Z The blazing Allgood endows her with a fiercely articulate intelligence, a radiant, almost girlish charisma and a white-hot righteous fury. At ACT, a tale of 2 queens, 1 throne 2011-09-16T19:59:04Z But her range and diction – that characteristic mixture of playfulness, deprecation, questioning and close focus – are also strangely, and affectingly, girlish. Glass Wings by Fleur Adcock – review 2013-06-28T17:10:01Z The perpetually girlish, improvisational aesthetic seems to be paying off for the company. ModCloth is Selling an Era They Missed Out On 2013-09-11T23:33:26Z “Ultimately, vice just took over virtue, and he could not control himself,” she says in the film, with a disarming, girlish laugh. Film: Client 9 and Other Interested Parties 2010-10-23T02:33:00Z It’s something that becomes especially apparent when Lenny is viewed in the context of the show’s other major female character Syd, a wide-eyed, girlish mutant who begins a romantic relationship with Haller. 'It's exhausting not being human' – the weird world of Legion's Aubrey Plaza 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Many of the messages were about women and sent by women; the subset of men who attracted these tweets tended to be girlish, in a boy-band way. Love, Death, and Begging for Celebrities to Kill You 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z Tragically, Steenkamp’s last message to the world, left on her Twitter account, was a sweet, girlish message about what to expect from her boyfriend on Valentine’s Day. New famous last words 2013-02-15T22:40:00Z Magenta accented acid green, which in turn complemented girlish pink. Milan Fashion Week: Prada deconstructs luxe evening wear 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z But it’s Graham as a speaker that Move most potently embodies, delivering that great choreographer’s grand pronouncements, boasts and digs in a girlish voice that hides sharp teeth. Reviews: Colliding Particles, a Grim Duet and Channeling Martha Graham 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Through it all, friends say, she has retained a girlish sense of wonder. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Companion, Diana Taylor, Gives a Rare Interview 2013-12-27T23:22:28Z Soon her breathy girlish voice was filling the vaulted space with surrealist poetry and nocturnal lament, set against melodies that ranged from lounge jazz to acoustic ballads to Latin rhythms to rock to waltzes. The French Alps Sans Skis 2011-02-25T21:55:11Z Her girlish vocals struggle, too, squashed by Reid's squeaky keyboards in Attracting Flies and dampened by dub in Diver. AlunaGeorge – review 2013-02-20T15:15:00Z A role like Winnifred invited Ms. Hoffman to show the girlish core beneath the caustic exterior. Jackie Hoffman Kvetches Her Way to Royalty in ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z In a party dress and fancy slippers, sitting with her older sister, Ms. Allen was equal parts poised and girlish. The Carpetbagger: A Sleepy Cosette and a Hungover Fantine 2012-12-14T19:15:57Z When the tone increasingly required of presenters, in arts output as in science or history films, is boyish or girlish enthusiasm, even attempting neutral analysis, let alone voicing dissatisfaction, means you seem a sourpuss. Is the BBC ditching books coverage? 2013-03-05T10:45:56Z And Amy, conversely, is less mature than hers, as evidenced by the girlish way she sneaks out of the house for moonlight hookups and worries that they'll get caught. Review: Lynskey shines in `Hello I Must Be Going' 2012-09-06T21:09:08Z All this embroiders the picture, as does Christine’s mental health and girlish bedroom, but none of this gets at why she pulls the trigger. Review: In ‘Christine,’ Why Did She Pull the Trigger? We Don’t Know 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The second half of the ballet begins with a nightmarish vision of the heroine, stuck in a small white room and wearing a girlish gray dress. Arts: Taking a ?Little Mermaid? to Dark New Depths 2010-03-20T00:33:00Z The sweet, silly man who was adorably terrified singing with Dolly Parton and who regularly broke into girlish giggles will no doubt be a blazing bright spot as the host of “Late Night.” “Stephen Colbert” is dead, long live Stephen Colbert! 2014-04-11T14:36:00Z A girlish voice laughs and adds an incredulous “OK, Dad.” ‘On the Rocks’ Review: Daddy Dearest and His Late Bloomer 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z By the end of the 19th century enthusiasts were making pilgrimages to "Austen-land", imagining themselves communing with her "mind and heart", fancying "girlish forms … walking among trees and flowers at Steventon". What Matters in Jane Austen? by John Mullan – review 2012-06-15T21:55:14Z Other separates in the collection include girlish polo knits, a compacted knit blazer in a black and white zigzag pattern, and a number of lightweight coats. On the Runway Blog: Raf Simons: Who Do We Respect? 2013-06-27T22:41:17Z As the young activist Julie, Ms. Wilhelmi looks a bit like an exotic forest creature herself, and sings Mr. Friedman’s more serious songs with a girlish air. Theater Review: ‘The Great Immensity’ Gives Environmentalism Its Own Lyrics 2014-04-25T02:00:01Z These are strengths rarely possessed by the delicate or girlish. Margaret Cho: No one is more sensitive about p.c. culture than white people 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Many townspeople wrote emphatic letters to the judge, calling these girls suspicious, or at least victims of hysteria and girlish hyperbole. The sex crimes I kept secret 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z The sisters are now three years older, for one, and that meant losing, after much debate, Anna’s signature braids, which skewed girlish. Anna, Elsa and the Costume Designers Who Create Their Looks 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Keeler is a period curiosity, with a girlish voice and tiny feet that jackhammer the floor. Escape With Me Into the Trippy World of 1930s Musicals 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Her voice moves easily from girlish and sugary to soulful, but it's wasted on some of the more mawkish longueurs such as 21 or Insecure. Delilah: From the Roots Up – review 2012-07-28T23:05:41Z Quant is often credited with the miniskirt, that mixed blessing that freed women from constrictive undergarments but subjected them to new standards of girlish slimness. ThighMasters, Jazzercise, Yoga and Other Chapters in the History of Women and Exercise 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Little and Mr. Vavrek maintain that focus, and in Lauren Worsham, a preternaturally girlish soprano, they have a self-possessed heroine who maintains dignity and charisma in spite of harrowing conditions. Music Review: ‘Dog Days,’ New Opera, at Peak Performances in Montclair 2012-10-03T20:58:42Z She began working off Broadway, playing multidimensional roles — in shows like “Crooked,” “Stunning,” “That Face” — that made the most of her big-eyed girlish exterior and the dark heart beating beneath. Cristin Milioti Is No One’s Accessory 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Instead, she is thoughtful and softly spoken, with a slightly girlish voice, and she moves easily between therapy jargon and joyful swearing. Jenny Slate: ‘We’re not saying abortion is funny’ 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Roz, a wealthy 62-year-old from New York who looks at least 10 years younger, breaks down into girlish giggles as she passes a large slice of sponge tart to her twentysomething daughter, Rachel. Cooking with cannabis: ‘I have a fish guy, a meat guy and a weed guy’ 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Before Rose, the only other women at the ranch are a bosomy older cook and a girlish helper, both conveniently sexless. ‘The Power of the Dog’ Review: Wild Hearts on a Closed Frontier 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z In the last two years, Ms. Gevinson has morphed from punky oddball into a winsome beauty with girlish blond bangs, a look she modeled partly on Laura Palmer, the murder victim from “Twin Peaks.” Tavi Gevinson: The Oracle of Girl World 2012-07-27T21:24:36Z She pulls off her musical exploits with a girlish, giggly charm, even as her hand gestures pinpoint each syncopated accent. ArtsBeat: Working Hard at SXSW: Kimbra 2012-03-16T02:08:37Z With both her girlish laughter and her furrowed-brow anxiety, which announces itself with the frown lines that haunt us all as we age, Bening captures that state of being perfectly. Annette Bening Is Extraordinary in '20th Century Women' 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z “To be girlish is to be powerful, because power is redefined.” Prabal Gurung’s fashion show asks: Who gets to be a woman? 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z One painting shows a demure blonde in a girlish blue frock, hands clasped modestly before her. Art We Saw This Winter 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z They speak of a girlish innocence that ill matches the tone of wistful nostalgia and worldly experience that Dahl's insistent references to her childhood and modern stress seek to convey. Delicious Dahl 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z Hadn’t he seen my girlish legs, the spots on my cheek? How I Learned to Dive 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z “Crisis in Six Scenes” is the lightest possible treatment of ’60s cultural tumult, and, to the show’s credit, the period details and costumes are delightful, down to the girlish flip of May’s hairdo. ‘Crisis in Six Scenes,’ Woody Allen’s weak but passable attempt to do a TV series 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Above the mathematical calculations and processes were the earthy melodies of Ms. Garbus’s lead vocals: whispers, bluesy curves, girlish clarity, leathery rasps. Music Review: Tune-Yards at the Allen Room 2012-02-11T01:06:46Z So the base of the collection was “prettiness,” not such an easy path now that fashion has moved on from girlish froth to austere minimalism. Special Report: Fashion: Life on the Ocean Wave 2010-10-01T18:50:00Z A flurry of girlish giggles and empty chatter, Caroline demands, and receives, money and a convertible; Annette, stuck in a crumbling room above the studio, can only bemoan her lack of a functioning kitchen. Review: ‘Final Portrait’ Watches Giacometti’s Paint Dry 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Damrau dispatched the aria with rosy sound, agile coloratura and girlish glee. Review: Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo Sizzle in ‘Roméo et Juliette’ at the Met 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z For a moment, when Faye Castelow's mesmerising Ruth twirls so fast with girlish, giddy giggles it seems her feet don't touch the floor, you almost believe it, too. The Thrill of Love – review 2013-02-27T18:06:27Z This soprano’s performance in the first act was the glory of the weekend, including her unusually assertive take on the aria “Caro nome,” more womanly than girlish. 4 Operas in 48 Hours: A Critic’s Marathon at the Met 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Jennifer Lopez co-stars as the struggling Palm Beach real estate agent who learns too much and wants a piece of the action, but playing weak and girlish isn't exactly her strong suit. Capsule reviews of new releases 2013-01-23T21:43:15Z She can summon the power of a field holler, Celtic quavers, girlish innocence, bluesy sensuality, gospel exaltation or the pain of slavery. A Solo Spotlight for a Powerful Voice 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z She escapes to her bedroom to dream of a better life, lovingly looking at the collages on the wall – the same girlish clippings she has assembled for Christopher while she is at Litchfield. 'Orange Is the New Black' Recap: Morello Hears Wedding Bells 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z She was believably girlish as the sickly seamstress, offering an affecting interpretation that avoided consumptive clichés like excessive coughing and other stock gestures. Music Review: ?La Boh?me? at the Met: Life in Zeffirelli Style - Review 2011-11-20T22:51:46Z These, it seemed, were the girlish responses to pain. Perspective | We need to talk about why mass shooters are almost always men 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z “Let us have no vaporings or girlish shrieks.” Review: In ‘News of the World,’ Unlikely Companions Bond on a Perilous Journey 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Dolly’s younger sister, Kitty, asks in the throes of girlish romantic disappointment. Movie Review: ‘Anna Karenina,’ From Joe Wright, With Keira Knightley 2012-11-15T20:25:23Z “I have this thing about saxophone players,” she said in her famously girlish and breathy style. Channeling a Bombshell, One Jazzy Note at a Time 2011-08-06T20:43:02Z Eventually she has exactly enough to fulfil her girlish dream of going to Paris and buying a Dior evening dress. Sophia Bennett's top 10 stylish reads 2012-07-12T07:00:00Z But his voice is nimble, a deep outer-borough croak that is a register or two away from demonic, before bursting into a girlish giggle. Pete Davidson’s New Special Seems Like It Could Use a Hug 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z And so is her voice, girlish and unmannered. Playlist: New Music From Best Coast, Fol Chen, Admiral Radley 2010-07-23T20:46:00Z Manson deflects every effort to patronise Nora; she is vivacious but never girlish. A Doll's House – review 2013-04-22T17:07:50Z But she sounded touchingly girlish when talking of Ballet Theater. Natalia Osipova?s Forceful Rise in Ballet 2010-06-17T22:21:00Z I just knew I loved the book -- the girlish small details and the fact that classes took place in old railroad cars. ArtsBeat: Times Staffers Recommend 'School Books' 2012-08-24T16:53:00Z The flower print, like a vintage wallpaper, was delicate and girlish, a whimsical twist on an otherwise stately look. Reinventing Alternative Rock in China 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z At 65, she wears her choppy blonde hair in girlish bangs and has the surfer drawl of a native Southern Californian. Kim Gordon Wanted to Be a Visual Artist. Then She Got ‘Sidetracked.’ 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z “Guess what? I’m going to a psychiatrist now,” Melissa writes, and Ms. Farrow makes us feel both the girlish pride in this announcement and the unsettled emotions roiling beneath it. Brian Dennehy and Mia Farrow in ‘Love Letters’ 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Osipova throws herself into Ashton's frantic footwork with glee and girlish eagerness. Sir Frederick Ashton's Romeo & Juliet ? review 2011-07-16T23:06:38Z Her arms often rise from her torso with the full power of swan’s wings, although elsewhere she’s still girlish in manner. Critic’s Notebook: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Swan Lake’ 2013-06-23T21:47:42Z Mr. Posen is skilled enough to deal with types, and so the uptown fur, the girlish flounce, the camp seamed stocking. 2010-02-16T00:26:00Z Ms. Worsham, with her bright soprano, matches him note for note, her girlish pertness persuading us that this naïve young woman would fall so hard so fast. New York Philharmonic Stages ‘Show Boat’ 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z “My name is Lisa Jura, and I’m 14 years old,” she says, her voice taking on a girlish lilt and a slight accent. ‘The Pianist of Willesden Lane,’ a Jewish Girl’s War Story 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Existing outside of time and place, “The Other Lamb” is a gorgeous revenge fable with an excess of atmosphere and zero subtlety — a mallet wrapped in gauze and girlish laughter. ‘The Other Lamb’ Review: Flock Therapy 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Jones is a superbly variable Havisham — by turns girlish, fearful, nasty, pathetic. Review: Dickens classic done up in trademark Book-It style 2011-02-17T21:32:05Z His portrait of the young Kate Moss is a case in point: he covered her face in a torn lace veil that somehow accentuates her girlish beauty. Photography books of the year 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z When she went to Paris, she was in her early twenties, and a charmingly naïve, girlish twenty-something at that. How I failed at Paris: Why I didn’t fall in love with the City of Light 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Though Ms. Moore captured Katya’s girlish effusions, she seemed less sure delving into the character’s murky depths. Review: Gifted Singers and an English Translation Enhance a Janacek Opera 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Though the musical received mixed reviews, Ms. Foster garnered high praise, over all, for conveying the character’s girlish gawkiness, and for her indisputable talents as a singer and dancer. A Big Belter Who Found a True Voice 2011-05-13T23:00:44Z She may be in her late 40s, but there's still something girlish about her. The Mill; When Björk Met Attenborough – TV review 2013-07-29T06:00:10Z Ms. Hathaway, newly engaged, showed off a sparkling emerald-cut diamond ring with a girlish giggle. Scene City: An ?Iron Lady? After-Party Fit for the Queen of Hollywood 2011-12-14T22:35:14Z She had been given a fluffed-out girlish hairdo and her facial features had been softened. My Hero, Emily Dickinson, Outlaw of Amherst 2010-05-13T14:38:00Z McShee's voice is still girlish and reedy, requiring a sound system that permits her to soar above the intricate arrangements. Pentangle ? review 2011-08-03T17:26:04Z That reflects official concern that Chinese pop stars, influenced by the sleek, girlish look of some South Korean and Japanese singers and actors, are failing to encourage China’s young men to be masculine enough. China bans ‘sissy men’ from TV in new crackdown 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z It’s slightly hard to reconcile that elevated status and the confidence of her dancing with her offstage persona: girlish, slightly giggly and — it has to be said — cute. A Full-Circle Mentor Moment 2011-01-23T02:30:15Z Nearby, a group of women, ranging from girlish to middle-age, were celebrating a young woman’s high school graduation. Cultured Traveler: Exploring Czech Functionalism in Brno 2012-06-15T18:42:49Z Ms. Elliott, a feminist activist, was somewhat baffled by her daughter’s girlish tastes. Liz Goldwyn, Hollywood Royal Family Member, Takes to Filmmaking 2014-01-12T02:48:43Z The solos are interactions with the melodic material of the piece, fancifully girlish in the first movement, dreamily seductive in the second and dashingly here-I-come in the finale. The Pacific Symphony lives up to its name, with the help of India 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z And then there’s Alice, girlish, seductive and lethal, who although she disappears midway through the first episode of Season 2, lingers as a presence in the audience’s consciousness and in Luther’s. Television: Idris Elba Flirts With Demons in ?Luther,? on BBC America 2011-09-28T20:31:05Z There is such a girlish neediness to her, her whole body quivering at times with desire for love from the audience. Liza Minnelli – review 2013-03-01T23:38:39Z The tree was a birch, slender and girlish. Short story: Message in a (Klein) Bottle by Russell Hoban 2012-07-19T16:04:37Z She’s found the comparisons to Hepburn, the girlish, wide-eyed beauty who would become a movie icon, flattering and amusing. Vanessa Hudgens graduates from High School Musical to Broadway and ‘Gigi’ 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Her voice can be a girlish tease or a grunge scream, with its volatility matched by Ms. Laferte’s flamboyantly theatrical stage presence. 22 Musicals, Plays, Concerts, Dances and Festivals You Can’t Miss This Spring 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Her voice seesaws between soprano girlish affection and contralto hostility in a single sentence, and more than other Marys I’ve seen, she is endowed with a robust, uneasy sensuality. Review: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ Is a Tempest in a Bourbon Bottle 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z This book shows how Victoria’s girlish naughtiness turned into a regal, willful, complex nature that other biographers have tended to simplify. Review: ‘Victoria the Queen’ Delves Into Her Epic Reign 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Onstage the music grew even more forceful, with Ms. Cherry’s voice opening up from girlish ease to bluesy incantation. Neneh Cherry at the Highline Ballroom 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z But this isn’t girlish, regressive music—it sounds completely fresh and floral, like the background of a Technicolor dream sequence. Natalie Prass Escapes Nashville 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z A kook was a headache, especially when embodied by a girlish star who was understood to be demure no matter how much her movie character’s behavior indicated otherwise. Books of The Times: ?Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.? by Sam Wasson 2010-06-13T22:07:00Z In between, though, she found instances of girlish playfulness and, in the middle movement, even pianistic fragility, as a quiet and mysterious pulsating interplay between piano and the percussion section became all shimmer. The draw of Yuja Wang and Bartók brings surprising consequences 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Gingham and prints of island life added girlish charm to the relaxed shapes, which included pieces like pinafores, low-slung shorts and men's style shirts. Flights of fancy at Day 2 of London Fashion Week 2012-09-15T18:24:10Z When delivering an ingratiating line, she applies a girlish voice with the shake of a bobblehead doll. Critic’s Notebook: Broadway’s Laughs, From Nathan Lane to Bette Midler 2013-05-29T16:05:07Z It’s a girlish laugh that arrives, 27 seconds in, as a pair of notes repeated three-and-a-half times: human yet digitized blips that are simultaneously cheerful, insolent, rhythmically pointed and instantly memorable. On a Surprise Album, Santigold Returns with Blithe Pop and Big Ideas 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z At the start she was convincingly girlish, giving a fine sense of wonder to the moment when her nurse, grabbing Juliet’s breasts, brings home the changes coming fast. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2013-06-11T20:59:24Z But I was afraid he was right: I had tortured him with my girlish wishy-washiness. Modern Love: Breaking Free From the Nesting Doll 2013-08-01T20:02:45Z With her plump cheeks and infectious, girlish laugh, she is cute. "Dear Father" letters and DNA tests 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Cyrus was so trapped in her former image that she projected one in the complete opposite direction, leaving any remnants of her girlish "Hannah Montana" days behind. Let Miley Cyrus be the last lesson we need about how to treat young stars 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z She’s a woman writing in a man’s world, but her voice isn’t girlish, but it’s not a man’s either. Kim Gordon: By the Book 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z “But part of me knew that wasn’t right, that he’d want to do more than kiss my hand,” she added with a girlish giggle. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in ?Fences? 2010-05-21T22:00:00Z The reason for the seclusion: Little Eve, an adolescent who seems, by her girlish affect and air of dependence, to be much younger, is a vampire. Review: ‘Cuddles,’ Not Your Typical Vampire Drama, Opens at 59E59 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z By turning its focus to Ellie, the 14-year-old girl who is Joel’s ward for much of The Last of Us, Left Behind becomes the better game: lighter, more playful, joyful, vulnerable and, yes, girlish. Critic’s Notebook: The Last of Us: Left Behind, a Game With the Unexpected 2014-04-25T20:23:47Z But her commanding first notes just after intermission show that that pale, girlish priestess was just a ruse. Review: A Surprise Tenor Jolts the Met Opera’s ‘Samson’ 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z With her tart, girlish chirp, Ms. Aimée is actually Vaughan’s aural and stylistic opposite. Music Review: Cyrille Aimée and the Surreal Band at Birdland 2012-11-23T22:27:45Z They had a richness leavened by girlish cuts, cute if not especially new: the dominant look paired an oversize sweater or top with a mini wrap skirt. Fashion Review: Tommy Hilfiger and Tory Burch at New York Fashion Week 2014-02-12T03:09:55Z Mr. Kaufmann, so natural at playing outsiders, is, with his gloomy croon, a foil for Ms. Yoncheva’s mix of girlish clarity and haunted vibration, her acute tone piercing his smoky one. Review: A Starry ‘Don Carlos’ Brings Verdi, in French, to Paris 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z The author is discomfited by the stereotypically girlish memoirs of trans women, who thrill to become “the exact sort of girl I’d always thought of as false”. Daddy dearest 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z But was this the season to go off on vacation with girlish cotton dresses, legs laced like fish netting, even if the evocative image of Capri by the photographer François Halard created a stunning backdrop? Special Report: Fashion: Taking the Long View 2010-10-04T18:40:00Z On her wrist, she wore a wide brown leather band inlaid with small brass grommets, a delicate ladies Westclock watch embedded in it—a perfect contradiction of girlish and rocker style. A girl's skeleton in the museum: On runaways, the Jersey Shore and a cold case that haunted me 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z On the phone, Ms. Masilo sounds girlish, but her dancing is powerfully muscular and kinetic, and she has been singularly unafraid of tackling issues that are volatile in her home country. Dada Masilo Turns Tchaikovsky on His Head in ‘Swan Lake’ 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The draw was America’s Sweetheart: the soprano Renée Fleming, honeyed scrolls of hair around her heart-shaped face, her voice sounding as ivory-fresh and bright and girlish as ever. Review | Fleming’s beautiful Schubert trumped by poignant restoration 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z That collegial atmosphere has made Tumblr a place where bookish young women have come to feel welcome to express themselves; it's become a haven for enthusiasm and girlish cheer. Tumblr a place for readers and favorite authors to connect 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z “A young lady,” she said before surrendering to girlish giggles. Alicia Alonso to Be Honored by Ballet Theater 2010-06-02T22:11:00Z The title was changed to because The Princess and the Frog was no great shakes at the box office and because Disney wanted to make the project seem less ... girlish. 'Tangled' Movie Review: Disney Excels with Rapunzel Remake 2010-12-01T16:55:00Z In both shows, bouncing, girlish locks played a big part in the mystery-solving. 2012: a bumper year for homegrown TV 2012-12-29T00:07:11Z While Charles at first sympathizes with the nuns, particularly the girlish Sister Alice, he begins to doubt their story. Review: In Ken Urban’s ‘Sense of an Ending,’ Lives Are Caught Between Truth and Tale 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Reese Witherspoon made her memorable debut in “The Man in the Moon,” portraying a 14-year-old who managed to be girlish and playful yet capable of sexual longing and complex emotion. Girls of a Certain Age Challenge Hollywood 2011-06-03T16:57:32Z The record revealed a voice that could be girlish or grizzled, teasing or wrathful. Adia Victoria Wants to Make the Blues Dangerous Again 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z When Alice appears, our careening hostess gives her one drink, then another, luring the girlish visitor into a state as wild as her own. ‘Then She Fell’ Is Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Life and Work 2013-08-09T18:49:22Z Even the dignity of her request to her mother not to mourn her death seems like a girlish pose. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Coolidge, an inimitable blend of girlish vulnerability, boss-lady poise and comic chops, was not opposed to comfort. Jennifer Coolidge Loads Up on Vegan Chocolate Bars and Whipped Cream 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z At once grand and girlish, it speaks both of entitlement and self-delusion; for a pretty dress, it's magnificently repulsive. Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950 ? review 2012-05-19T23:05:31Z Quivering with fear and rage in the title role, the soprano Brenda Rae acts and sounds girlish but somber, innocent but wounded. A Hotbed of Operatic Innovation Wins With Tradition 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Despite the many small, girlish shapes — made to seem smaller by the large shoulders and furs — the lines in this collection were calm and easy. On the Runway: Miuccia Prada Brings On the Dress, Innocently 2011-02-24T20:27:37Z But despite the limitations of her sassy, girlish voice, she has the theatrical wherewithal to go deep. Emily Bergl Performs at 54 Below 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Her globally sourced grooves, girlish smile and sinuous hips made her a music-video sensation. Shakira Finds Liberation, One Song at a Time 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z And of course the idealized friendship between Betsy Ray and Tacy Kelly, epitomized in that magnificent hyphen linking the two names together, testament to their girlish bond. ArtsBeat Blog: A New Edition of Betsy-Tacy Greets Fans, Old and New 2011-11-08T15:14:56Z There, a small group of acolytes, complete with a secret handshake, have gathered to hear Maggie's halting, girlish words. 'Sound of My Voice' is infuriatingly creepy 2012-05-03T20:17:11Z There’s just something lovely and free and young about her when he’s around, and girlish and silly and kind of giggly. Is 'Ted Lasso' over? Hannah Waddingham isn't sure, but says the show kept to its arc 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z I mean, my mom had a little light, girlish quality. Patricia Arquette is at home among Yucca Valley's fringe characters in 'High Desert' 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z In director Sarah Rasmussen’s vibrant production of Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell’s musical, mounted in association with McCarter Theatre Center, the girlish Jane Doe has a creepy china-doll face. Review | Buckle up for the dark, hilarious ‘Ride the Cyclone’ at Arena Stage 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z At 30, women are expected to be womanly rather than girlish. Perspective | Madonna’s upcoming tour will defy society’s limits on female pop stars 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Women with girlish features, round eyes and rail-thin bodies — those who are considered “kawaii,” or cute — feature prominently in television dramas, pop groups, advertisements and even anime. Beauty Over Brains: Japan’s Skin-Deep University Pageants 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z To a contemporary viewer, this picture may suggest girlish innocence. How a photograph in LACMA's new exhibition captures a pivotal moment in Korean history 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z With girlish innocence, Elizabeth put a photo of a bearded Philip on her desk, thinking that the facial hair would prevent people from recognizing him. Queen Elizabeth has died. She reigned longer than any British monarch since her great-great-grandmother 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z And when she won, she twirled — a bit of girlish choreography that silently admonishes a culture that too often denies Black women lightness, freedom and whimsy. Perspective | Serena Williams insists audiences see her, not just her stats 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z In high school, she wrote for the literary magazine and harbored what she later called “a series of girlish fantasies I wanted to die on the barricades in Palestine.” Midge Decter, social critic and leader of neoconservative movement, dies at 94 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z The costume design connects the family in gendered pairings but also differentiates Tinja from her peers, clad in girlish white eyelet dresses while the other girls wear jeans. Review: Social media and a mommy-blogger mother from hell are the true horrors in 'Hatching' 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Bennani is Moroccan and grew up speaking French and Moroccan Arabic, and her voice is girlish and urbane, with a gentle French accent. What Comes Next for an Artist Whose Work Goes Viral? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Shortly before she died at 95, she told him with a girlish giggle: “I suppose people will think you are inheriting the Vanderbilt millions. Boy, won’t they be surprised.” Review | How to fritter away a family fortune 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z "She has something girlish about her and is more than able to flirt. I mean you see it when she meets Macron, for whom she has an unmistakable liking," she said. A reluctant feminist: Germany's Merkel still inspires many women 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z “People often said that doing rhythmic gymnastics is a feminine thing to do, a girlish thing to do,” said Matsumoto. Left out of Olympics, men’s rhythmic gymnasts loved in Japan 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Philip was invited to spend Christmas with the royal family at Windsor Castle in 1943, and what might have been a girlish crush before eventually evolved into a full-fledged romance. Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband and closest confidant and advisor, dies at 99 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z "While girls have long been allowed and even encouraged to be boyish, we are finally starting to rethink the penalty we've made boys pay for being girlish," Brown writes. Why Emma Brown says we should lay off the term "toxic masculinity" 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Mentioning anything girlish was met with an admonishment. L.A. Affairs: I'm transgender. This is what happened when I finally told my wife 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z To be girlish is to be powerful because power is redefined. Perspective | The sound of a shifting power structure 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z “Figure skating is sometimes feminine, and people would never say, ‘Oh, that’s a girlish thing to do.’ Left out of Olympics, men’s rhythmic gymnasts loved in Japan 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z And there was that childless father of us all, Chacha Jee, laughing his shrill, girlish laughter, joking with everyone, treating even the youngest child with wonder and love and curiosity. Opinion | Writing Into and Out of My Long-Distance Grief 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z “Her look now is very much of the streamlined, glamorous woman she is becoming, far from the early awkward girlish persona.” How 'The Crown' captured Diana's evolution from frumpy teen to style icon 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Santoshi looked on, slender arms folded, a spray of girlish freckles across her nose. Column One: The Nepali man who came back from the dead 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z The outsized version of the girlish white collar has been coming up on fashion’s inside lane for a while now. How to wear a pilgrim collar | Jess Cartner-Morley 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z She was a childhood friend of opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti and was a lyric soprano known for her brilliant technique and purity of tone, with an almost girlish quality that never seemed to age. Mirella Freni, showstopping opera star for more than five decades, dies at 84 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z The synergy between Little Women’s costume design and the contemporary moment reflects the modern spirit and attitude of a book which pits girlish independence of spirit against a patriarchal society. Little Women become fashion influencers 150 years after inception 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Her team refers to her in their communications by the unicorn emoji, and this feels apt: She has a fanciful, almost girlish lightness to her. Alanis Morissette Isn’t Angry Anymore. But ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Rages On. 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z When Paul smiles, she becomes a different person, suddenly girlish. Celia Paul on life after Lucian Freud: ‘I had to make this story my own’ 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z The unlikely friendship inspires Parker to reject her mother’s sunny aesthetic for something more emo, while Wednesday enacts her own form of teenage rebellion by embracing girlish conventionality. The painfully generic new Addams Family deserves no snaps 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z She spoke the most amazing truths in such a sweet-sounding, girlish voice. Far from "helpless": How the Disability Rights Movement saved my life 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Symphony's voice is higher, her tone brighter, more girlish and breathless. The woman who became 2,500 people to survive 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z On 29 August 2016, she wrote in her girlish, bubble writing: “This summer is the apocalypse.” Taylor Swift: ‘Pop music can feel like it’s The Hunger Games, and like we’re gladiators’ 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z She calls him from across the room in her high-pitched, girlish, sing-song voice. Why I 'married' an anime character 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Before that film, Bergman had given her roles “symbolizing simple, girlish things,” she told The New York Times in 1977. Bibi Andersson, luminous presence in Bergman films, dies at 83 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z Played by Maisie Williams, Arya was a girl of about 11 forced to do needlepoint and other acceptably girlish things while dreaming of swords, war and adventure. Fire, ice and puberty: how ‘Thrones’ characters have grown 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Now 43, she has a soft, almost girlish voice. The murder of Raymond Buys: 'I think they knew they were going to kill my boy' 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z She must have put a spell on me, tricking me into her chair, hypnotizing me with girlish dreams that had not been hardened by life. “All Will Be Well” 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z With a girlish voice and revealing blouses, Ms. Helmond brought an unusual blend of earnestness, innocence and sexual frankness to her role. Katherine Helmond, TV actress known for her comic characters, dies at 89 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z The camera is forever in motion, stalking Abigail from behind as she makes her way down a corridor and partaking of Anne’s girlish glee as Sarah pushes her around in her wheeled throne. Review: Wickedly entertaining 'The Favourite' forms a perfect triangle in Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z She had a soft, girlish voice and a winsome demeanor, completely without guile. So it’s true: Republicans really do hate women 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z As Ford discussed her allegation in searing detail, numerous senators leaned forward in their chairs, their elbows on the desk, listening intently to the psychology professor’s soft, almost girlish voice. ‘This is not a good process’: A raw, emotional hearing exposes partisan divide 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z And while this pressure to shrug off girlish interests has always been around, it was never so pointedly directed at weddings until the word “bridezilla” popped onto the scene. Brides are too afraid of becoming “bridezilla” to ask for what they want 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Austrian officials rejected an Iraqi migrant's asylum application because he was too "girlish", local media say. Austria rejects 'girlish' asylum seeker 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z What we said: “What at first sounds girlish, naive and open-hearted is revealed to be rather jaded and wary.” Best albums of 2018 so far 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Miss Red was born in Israel to Moroccan-Polish parents but, with her girlish patois, she sounds more like she was brought up in a Kingston ghetto. 50 great tracks for June from Christine and the Queens, Playboi Carti, the 1975 and more 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z She has distanced herself from her Jewish roots to the point of pronouncing "schedule" the British way — but she has preserved a girlish sense of mischief. With 'Sisters Rosensweig,' Wendy Wasserstein's women-centric storytelling returns to the limelight 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z “I think I was a source of fascination for the English pop musicians,” she says, laughing her still girlish laugh. Françoise Hardy: ‘I sing about death in a symbolic, even positive way’ 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z He will spend the remainder of the school year mocking me, pulling laughter from other students like water from a dark well, saying I fabricated the whole story due to a girlish crush. The lie pictures tell: an ex-model on the truth behind her perfect photos 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z "It's not too girlish and not too boyish. It's cool and effortless. It's for everybody. I don't want to put too many rules on it," she said. L.A. designer Anine Bing tackles a new fashion category with the debut of her Bing Kids collection 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Almost every sentence that comes out of her mouth is dotted with a "like" or two or three and punctuated with a girlish giggle. Maame Biney will smile and laugh her way into America's heart 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z “But this pattern looks sort of girlish,” he lamented when he put on the all-black jacket with a diamond quilting pattern. Perspective | My kids won’t wear coats no matter how cold it is. And it’s making me crazy. 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Decades later, I still love the girlish photo of Liuzzo that captivated me. Perspective | A white mother went to Alabama to fight for civil rights. The Klan killed her for it. 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z To prepare for her arrival, he bought her a bedroom set, a TV and girlish curtains he thought would comfort her. The flow is receding, but Puerto Rican evacuees are still pouring into Florida 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z The pink, likewise, “looked girlish,” and people would ask him why he was using it. The Man Designing Spaces for the Instagram Age 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z "Please don't latch onto the fantasy world of mermaids and unicorns and whatever other bits of girlish nostalgia is being marketed to you. "None of those things are real. Why are grown-ups embracing children's fashions? 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Smith, who played her role onstage, at once acknowledges and defies the rigidity of old age, bringing out Marjorie’s nervous excitement, her girlish mischief and her loosening grip on reality in a marvelously quicksilver turn. Michael Almereyda's 'Marjorie Prime' is an elegant, haunting futuristic drama 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z “Oh, and God forbid you should lose your girlish figure,” said the grackle. Perspective | On a wing and a prayer: What do backyard birds talk about? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z She is small with a pale, girlish face, even though she is 25, and gives off a kind, practical air. Slaves of Isis: the long walk of the Yazidi women 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z She inhabits a superficial “girlish” consciousness, bodiless and underdeveloped. Which is the greatest Jane Austen novel? 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z Pony is girlish, anxious and so itchy it’s like something unknowable is nibbling away at her. Review: ‘The Realistic Joneses’ poses big questions but offers few answers 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z She is both lined and girlish, and she walks beside him, telling him the names of trees, of every plant. Anita Pallenberg paid a high price for being a rock-star girlfriend | Suzanne Moore 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z She was even better as the manipulator in “To Die For,” playing a girlish spider whose flies had no chance. The Surprising Generosity of “Big Little Lies” 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z At 101, there is still something girlish and playful about her. Carmen Herrera: 'Men controlled everything, not just art' 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Lynn is 84, but retains a girlish sparkle in her voice and the songs she’s written to complement the spiritual and secular classics she takes on. Holiday album roundup 2016: Garth, R. Kelly, Neil Diamond and more 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z She greets them with girlish flamboyance—“Hi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i!”—then gets down to business. The Attorney Fighting Revenge Porn 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z The image was girlish and delicate, yet inscrutable, as if Nicks were suggesting that the world might not know everything she’s capable of. The Resurgent Appeal of Stevie Nicks 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z It’s a typically girlish reflex, made no less so by the soft, black hair her hand covers. The lady with a beard: ‘If you’ve got it, rock it!’ 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z It was a kind of girlish summer dress. Yuja Wang and the Art of Performance 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z She was described as “girlish and tender”, he as a “provocateur”. Frauke Petry: the acceptable face of Germany’s new right? 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z With girlish passion morphing into a sense of hard-won wisdom, actor Selma Blair reads well chosen selections from Hesse’s letters and journals. 'Gutsiness right from the get-go': Documentary shines light on artist Eva Hesse 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But Pretus gave a different account of the meeting, asserting that the woman was “very girlish,” “very bubbly” and “not at all” awkward during the encounter. Naval Academy teacher is removed amid widening sexual misconduct scandal 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z It’s not just about a pressure to be girlish. The disturbing truth about how we treat our pubic hair | Mona Chalabi 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Williams arrives for the confrontation in a girlish dress and high heels and a burning anger. Review: ‘Blackbird’ with Daniels and Williams is brilliant 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Those little fingers painted in varying shades of girlish pink. How Sandy Hook Changed One Teacher's Life 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z The sugar seems to give her a direct hit of positivity and she is suddenly giggly and girlish, her lively eyes darting this way and that; her long, mobile face breaking easily into smiles. Lily Tomlin: ‘I don’t relate to any of my life, except the stories I’m telling you’ 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z There’s a girlish glee that comes over her as each new round ends with her victory. Review: James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson risk it in ‘Gin Game’ 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z At one point, before the show started, Ms. Jenner emitted a loud girlish laugh while Ms. Wintour and Vogue’s Grace Coddington chuckled. Highlights from Day Eight of New York Fashion Week 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z She insists she cannot remember some events, such as signing her underage cooperation agreement with the Stasi, which is written in a 15-year old’s girlish handwriting. The spies who loved me: my dad, the Stasi agent 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z More girlish than womanly, it recalls adolescence, albeit according to a revisionist historian: no wrinkles, sure, but also no zits. Not Nothing 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z “I loved Clark Gable. And Marlene Dietrich,” she said with a girlish giggle. In Cuba’s Hershey, where an American experiment ended bitterly, hopes stir 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z It’s a powerfully girlish model of human toughness. A Rape-Survivor Sitcom 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Looking at Clinton’s Beijing speech on YouTube is to time-travel back to a shockingly younger, almost girlish woman, in the trademark pantsuit, this one pink. Clinton Fights for Global Women’s Rights, Watches Her Back at Home 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Macon discovers a flair for good business decisions, while Bess clings to their girlish plan to escape their dreary husbands. Theater Review: ‘Abundance’ is a tragicomic look at Old West 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z In the past, she has chosen a dress, sometimes sleek and sleeveless, sometimes accompanied by a jaunty cardigan, sometimes with a puffy, girlish skirt. Michelle Obama wore a suit to the State of the Union: Why that’s unusual 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The first act is a little tame, though always entertaining, with Dickinson strongwilled yet frequently girlish. Review: Emily Dickinson comes out of the shadows 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Throughout my 20s, my daily style could be described as “cute girlish dress, ideally with a collar, black tights, whatever the weather”. Don’t fret if Russell Brand appears to have stolen your fashion style 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z With Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" for a soundtrack, and models' hair pulled up, the vibe was sweet and girlish. Paris Fashion Week: At Louis Vuitton, luxe meets lava lamp 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Farrow is inspired as a bored, girlish rich girl whose later years are marked by darkness and neediness. Review: Broadway’s ‘Love Letters’ is thin missive 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Mohamed walks away smiling, a gap between her two front teeth giving her a girlish look. St. Paul's first female Somali police officer has critics and fans 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z “That’s what some people call the girlish palinka,” he said with a grin, adding that he liked to be able to taste the fruit. Ready to Fight for a Drink That Tastes Like a Slap in the Face 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z She had small, girlish breasts and a long nose, and was not as beautiful as his wife. Lyudmila Ulitskaya: “The Fugitive.” 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z The lilt is still widely considered a signifier of girlish insecurity and ditziness. What Does How You Talk Have to Do With How You Get Ahead? 2014-04-25T03:15:08Z Roberta Close, who posed for Playboy in 1984, is considered Brazil’s first transgender model and cultivated a devoted male following with her girlish aesthetic. Transgender Models Prosper in Brazil, Where Carnival and Faith Reign 2014-03-15T23:31:52Z Takanashi, 17, is barely 5 feet and is known as much for her girlish looks as her steely determination. Don’t Know Them? Wait 2014-02-05T03:52:33Z A gaunt, pockmarked face with chipped teeth had replaced her once smooth, girlish features. Indonesian Maids are Hong Kong's 'Modern Day Slaves' 2014-01-15T10:20:26Z “I tested positive about a year ago,” said Giselle, who was born male but now has a girlish hair spout, wears a T-shirt tight across a feminine chest and identifies herself as a woman. Poor Black and Hispanic Men Are Face of H.I.V. 2013-12-05T03:33:20Z The club’s unsettling combination of girlish innocence and highway-access-road menace might serve as a metaphor for the lottery winner’s inner life. Lottery Winner Jack Whittaker's Losing Ticket 2012-12-13T21:29:36Z What worked so well in this collection were the girlish shapes, like pleated miniskirts, crisp cotton tunics and athletic shorts, done minimally in shirting fabrics and classic gray uniform fabric. Fashion Review: Fashion Review of Alexander Wang, Altuzarra, Louise Goldin, Prabal Gurung 2013-09-08T23:43:13Z While I do try to keep my voice a little more even, I haven’t given up completely on my girlish tone and my upspeak. Preoccupations: She Turned Her Upspeak Down a Notch 2013-07-27T18:27:56Z I thought women naturally lost their girlish figures in their 30's. The Obesity Gene: Is Weight Coded in DNA? 2013-07-20T07:50:28Z But some dim sense of duty haunted him, his father’s voice, gentle and girlish, suggesting that food might help. Ben Marcus: “The Dark Arts.” 2013-05-13T04:00:00Z Gay men, on the other hand, are assumed to be nerdy, girlish, feminine – in other words, the opposite of how people think of male athletes. It isn't easy for gay sportsmen such as Jason Collins to come out. Just look at the stereotypes 2013-05-07T19:00:01Z She is dressed in a girlish pink top as she performs the required choreography shortly after giving herself up. German neo-Nazi trial shrouded in intrigue 2013-05-06T00:58:12Z She cropped her hair to look less girlish and took care never to cry in front of the farmhands, sobbing only to herself at night. The Queen of the Cowboys 2013-04-29T08:45:00Z "I run 25 private equity and venture capital firms that distribute luxury brands and invest in local shopping malls," she says in her girlish, slightly Americanised English. From war babies to billionaires: Vietnam's wealthiest women 2013-03-24T00:07:01Z The move paid off – and I'm not just saying that because my girlish figure has been fueled Oreos for decades. Super Bowl ads review: touchdowns, fumbles ... and Scientologists 2013-02-04T20:33:46Z A sudden release, into girlish, almost giddy fandom. Maria Miller interview: 'It's very disappointing that the Church of England has taken this decision' 2012-11-23T19:04:35Z She was known for her small, girlish voice but could let loose with profanity when angered. Ina Drew, Jamie Dimon, and JPMorgan Chase’s $6 Billion Mistake 2012-10-03T09:00:22Z She advised them to confiscate the boy’s dolls and girlish clothes and to find him male friends. What’s So Bad About a Boy Who Wants to Wear a Dress? 2012-08-12T03:17:26Z Smith looked rather sad and small and girlish wandering off, albeit all weightlifters in this class are surprisingly small and girlish, their talent as much a matter of timing and speed as raw strength. Olympic weightlifting is a triumph of grunts, wails, jerks and mews 2012-07-30T16:09:11Z "Ohhhhh!" she shudders in nervous delight at the fact that the girlish fantasy she had in Ypsilanti is about to become real in London. GB hurdler responds to 'Plastic Brit' jibe 2012-05-28T15:57:23Z And for once London's blond bombshell was forced to recognise that the girlish screams were not for him. British-style weather fails to dampen Athens handover of Olympic flame 2012-05-17T18:46:28Z But then I declare you had nut-brown hair, The colour's still there just down at the roots; You are "fancy free," full of girlish glee, But you're forty-three I would bet my boots. Punch, or the London Charivari, December 2, 1893 2012-04-23T02:00:33.287Z There were greater prizes to be captured by a beautiful and still girlish woman. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z I do not know what womanly charm suddenly appeared upon her girlish face. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z Rufus looked up the lane fifty times a day, and sometimes his heart would flutter for a moment as some girlish figure came into sight. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z She had had her early friendships in Russia, and most passionate they were; too girlish in their romantic enthusiasm, too wordily tender in expression; but time mellowed these affections, without wearing them out. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z He seems to have forgotten everything but the fact that he stood there, by a wonderful chance, gazing at this consecrated girlish slumber. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z By this time the girlish chrysalis had been shed and a gloriously beautiful woman had emerged. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Her quiet years had taken from her no least little touch of girlish sentiment. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z And yet in her heart she was very loyal to the man who had proposed to her—the man who had captivated her girlish imagination by his splendid uniform and masterful ways. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z I cannot pretend to reconcile the conflicting accounts of these two eminent visitors, but certainly Cavour has drawn some animated and very attractive pictures of Queen Victoria's almost girlish good-humor and winning familiarity. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z It was a look of utter, defenceless weakness—a look of girlish helplessness—it sent his heart knocking wildly against his side. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z She is represented fair and girlish, dressed with great simplicity in a tunic and girdle,—no crown, nor any other attribute. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z He heard the break in her voice; he saw the girlish grace of her thin shape, the pathetic charm of her wistful mouth. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z It was a graceful girlish figure clad in white that arrested his attention. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z In an early skirmish, while in close pursuit of the Trojans, Thetis’ son had once caught sight of Polyxena, daughter of Priam, and had been deeply smitten by her girlish charms. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z She entered, looking such a picture of girlish grace and sweetness as more than accounted for Percivale's subjugation. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z What a wild thought of triumph, that this girlish hand Such a steed in the might of his strength may command! In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z As she stood quietly before him, she seemed rather shorter than she really was, also more slender, and appeared withal more girlish than usual. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z "No girlish promise would have bound her if she wanted to get out of it." A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z After swimming across it, she took refuge in Egypt, where Jupiter restored her to all her girlish loveliness, and where her son Epaphus was born, to be the first king and the founder of Memphis. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Maillard had been her guardian, but it was to Fell that she had always come with her girlish cares and troubles, during even the lifetime of her father. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z Kate caught up the word, and made a funny girlish imitation of an officer's salute. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z I don't think I had ever seen her look so charming and girlish before. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z She had a vague kind of feeling that she was disloyal to her girlish ideals. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z She was girlish in appearance, and her grandfather seemed to still regard her as a child. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z No disguise of decorous matronly garments or assumption of a demure manner could conceal from him Antonia's real girlish charm. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z She was in reality deeply moved; past scenes had risen up vividly before her, with all the hopes and fears, joys and sorrows, of her girlish days. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z Dreamy story of two teenage girls and an idyllic summer during which they constantly pretend to be man and wife, on a girlish, unerotic level. Checklist A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians. 2012-03-19T02:00:24.597Z The man who had been waiting for her would ask her to come into his arms, the consummation of her girlish dreams was about to be realised. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z She wore a tall fur cap and her cheeks gleamed, exhaling the freshness of girlish health and of the cold weather of the street, but she looked grave. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z In that photograph she was a girlish figure, leaning against a photographer's stile, and with all the self-conscious shrinking natural to that position. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Mr. Sutton showed open distress--her weeping hurt him, and at every quiver of her slight, girlish figure he winced. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z There are songs without words in maidens' hearts, and one of them rippled through the innocence of her girlish soul in the still watches of that heavenly night. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z It was a beautiful picture that her mirror showed her, and for an instant there was a certain proud lifting of the girlish head; a gesture not unworthy the haughty Mrs. Van Harlem herself. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z And flinging herself forward she reached out her white girlish hand toward a spot of vivid red. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z "She hasn't guessed even one!" followed by a shriek of girlish merriment, came from the group about the tall, bold girl. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z And now it seemed to him that he could go back to that girlish liking, that he could foster it and draw it out. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z If he had not been hardened, he would have succumbed before the exasperated glare of three pairs of girlish eyes. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z Perhaps I was, for this reason, the more impressed by another proof of the ever-ready politeness of this gentleman, who made such an impression upon my girlish fancy. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z He took hold of her tender girlish hand, but she withdrew it again, with a gesture of impatience. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z That was the end of him,' continued the woman, with an air of girlish pride; 'he couldn't work no more for thinking of me.' Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z For her love for Walter had contained no plan; and her girlish affection for Horace Chase remained what it always had been, though the deeper feelings were now awake underneath. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z Opposite him, at the foot of the table, sat Nyoda, girlish and enthusiastic as ever, with only an occasional sober light in her twinkling eyes to tell of the trying year she had passed through. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z It will be pleasanter to look for a moment upon the solitary vicar at his frugal meal, as portrayed by one who never forgot her girlish visit to the vicarage. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z All blushing and aflutter, she clipped the threads that held the golden web of her maiden-love, through which ran all her happy girlish day-dreams, and let him take it from her. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z As it was, deep shadows under her eyes told of the strain she was enduring; and her face, though it had not lost its girlish contours, was white and woeful. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He painted her beautiful girlish head, he painted her young bosom. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z How girlish and how lovely she looked in her blushing confusion, as she enlarged on the unsavoury topic, excusing herself for harbouring such thoughts. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z He appreciated now what at one time he had contemned as girlish hysteria. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Her girlish romance about Walter seemed to her now almost as empty as her affair with Harry Klein. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Last month, following a long period of girlish cajoling, my daughter finally got her ears pierced in celebration of her 7th birthday. Why I Took My 7-Year-Old to a Tattoo Parlor 2012-02-13T12:06:13Z She immediately reappeared at the door of the library and threw a kiss at Lemuel in girlish fashion and was soon mounted and riding out to get the benefit of the brisk morning air. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z In the hours before the show, M.A.C. key makeup artist Tom Pecheux and his team were striving to make the models look fresh and sophisticated— not girlish. | Beauty Spots: Backstage Beauty at Peter Som 2012-02-10T19:06:27Z Sara, with scared eyes, swept the ripples of flaxen hair from off her pure girlish brow, and rebuked herself for want of trustful faith as she folded her hands together and tried to pray. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The closer the nudging the better they like it; a slap from a girlish hand is almost as good as a kiss. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z A giggle and a loud girlish voice in his ear asking, “Is this you, Nettie?” The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z Was there ever a more perfect embodiment of girlish grace and modesty, coupled with sweetest frankness, than Nausicaa? The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z He was musing—on a subject relative to Charmides' girlish purity. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Then her door opened quietly, and in the aperture the night-lamp showed a pale, tear-stained face and a slender, girlish figure swathed in a pale blue dressing gown. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z I remarked his face, which was of an almost girlish delicacy. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z Lady Rich shook her rose-coloured ribbons, a girlish simpleton of forty summers. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z You may think it a mere whim, a girlish caprice; but understand this—I am thoroughly in earnest about it. Love Among the Lions A Matrimonial Experience 2012-01-25T03:00:36.210Z She had lent Ms. Santiago a girlish pink hat that afternoon, with tassels dangling from earmuffs. Crime Scene: Watching a Friend Smoking PCP Catch Fire and Die 2012-01-21T01:26:44Z But Mrs. Riddell can smile sweetly, and when she smiles, two—yes two—absolutely girlish dimples light up the expressive countenance. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Her girlish charm has been tempered by the pain of a third divorce. Tennis great Chris Evert finds new life on the court 2012-01-18T16:36:51Z We sat down on a sofa together and for a moment the old girlish confidence put forth a tender sprig of renewal. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z The letter was not so difficult a one to write as the first had been, and its recipient both smiled and sighed, as he read the terse little sentences in the round, girlish handwriting. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z The countess was a beautiful and accomplished woman of the world, with a real heart left in her still, but not quite the sort of tender, shrinking, girlish heart that Harry wanted. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z But the girlish days were coming to a close. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z A mission meeting was in progress on one of the corners, as Dorothy hurried on, and a sweet, girlish voice was exhorting the shivering crowd to repent and mend their ways. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z Oh, Cyril," she said again, after a minute's pause, looking at the tell-tale fossil with another bright girlish smile, "is it only that? The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z It did not sprawl; it was not exaggerated or affected; it was merely a round, simple, girlish hand, with unmistakable character in the well-formed letters and clean strokes. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z "It is a girlish freak," explained the mother. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z The soft colors of evening gowns, the ivory flashes of girlish shoulders and the floating of filmy scarfs dizzied the boy, who by the iron dictate of heredity and upbringing was a human rattle-snake. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z There were two figures, as Mrs. North had expected; she craned her plump neck anxiously forward as the gate clicked and a light girlish laugh floated up on the frosty air. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z "Hugh's saying something pretty to Louie, I'm sure," Harry thought to himself with a smile of pleasure, as he looked across at the sweet little graceful girlish figure. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z "I don't know how to thank you for that," Christina said, with girlish eagerness. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z Lady May, although her girlish ways have not forsaken her, has no present thoughts of making any man happy. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Though exceedingly thin and fragile in figure, there was a girlish gracefulness and beauty in his form; and his noble brow and piercing eye attracted attention and commanded respect. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z But in the sweet amaze of her new and surprising happiness she might have gone on wearing her simple girlish frocks quite unaware of its relation to her wardrobe. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z She gave him a bright, grateful look; then she and Isa stole away together for a little girlish confidence, leaving the older people to a more business-like discussion of the matter. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z Such, my friend, were the results of my first two girlish passions; I was entirely disillusionized concerning the pretty love romances that girls dream of at boarding school. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z It was the same girlish body, irresistibly warm and lithe. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z I had only gone a few steps along the soft ground when I caught the sound of a light girlish voice; it came from the miniature chasm at the foot of the cliff. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z Elizabeth looked up with a worried pucker between her girlish brows. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z The servant came in with a plate of hot cakes, and a slender girlish figure presently stole softly after, without knocking, for the door stood open, and to the side of Molly's chair. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z Her magnificent dress, which perhaps a little eclipsed her girlish beauty, consisted of a robe of cloth of gold and silver thickly sprinkled with golden fleurs-de-lis and enriched by diamonds and other precious stones. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z It was a more girlish speech than she usually made. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Oh, Archie is not weeping; catch him doing anything so girlish and peevish! From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Pressing herself back against the rick with a girlish movement of shoulders, head, and arms, Rousille raised herself and knelt forward the better to reach her pocket. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z Little lady," the old man said, with a longing look into the sweet girlish face, "will you sing me that song again? Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z For women, in particular, the pitch of their voices may rise when they are nervous, making them sound girlish. How To Make A Lasting Impression 2011-12-05T18:44:56Z This typical gadabout, light-minded, cynical little old woman with the girlish ways, was after all a big-hearted toiler in the vineyard. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z For the door-curtain was drawn back, and a little, wee, girlish figure advanced on tiptoe and stood smiling in the middle of the room, looking from one to the other. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z At the moment the clouds parted, and a sudden gleam of sunshine lighted the rock and the girlish figure, and the waving signal which she held. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z There was the sound of a scuffle, cries of indignation, then a girlish voice pouring oil upon the troubled waters. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z It’s fitting that Jordan, still slim and girlish at age 53, should dress like a rock star. New Belgium and the Battle of the Microbrews 2011-12-01T22:15:38Z Why, he would smile them down as a mere girlish scare of bogydom. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z She was back in the present again, with the disturbing reflection that the morrow, the last day of sad November, would see the arrival of Edward Morgan and the end of her girlish dreams. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z She went in, feeling very much as she used to feel long ago, when some piece of girlish mischief more than usually serious, made her conscious of meriting a rebuke from her father. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z The red young lips appealed to him,—the girlish homage appealed to him. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z The girlish costumes of this bourgeoise character are unusually becoming to Madame Eames; they present her in quite a new light, and her first entrance gives a pleasing surprise to the audience. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z What she had put on I do not know, but it was probably something of Mrs. Leyland's intended for evening wear; and, in contrast to her usual almost girlish attire, it became her. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z She stood up, a graceful girlish figure in blue velvet, with the light falling softly on the gold of her hair. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z All simple, girlish straightforwardness is gone out of them; they are making eyes, in the strangest manner—and at nobody; just practicing, apparently. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z His own eyes twinkled humorously, and, drawn perhaps by their magnetism, the girlish gaze lifted unexpectedly and met his. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z She did not like to see a girl who had been exceptionally girlish, turned into a sober woman with such unnatural rapidity. A Mere Chance, Vol. 3 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.990Z Lucille Haldane looked more girlish than ever and most bewitchingly pretty as, glancing up at me, partly startled by my fervent grasp, she drew her hands away. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Then nine o’clock and merciful release, and that good hour, sometimes longer, when she was supposed to be in bed and which she spent leaning out of the window, dreaming her girlish dreams. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z Mrs. Thornley, looking slight and girlish, stood on the steps of one of the numerous front doors, wrapped in a shawl. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z When he discovered that Miss Weeber was the girl of the train, the indifference gave place to a satisfaction that not even the girlish admission that she had solicited the introduction could damp. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z She placed both elbows on the rough balustrade of the bridge, leaned her fair girlish chin against both hands, and stared straight before her across the bleak heath. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The evenings were long, and as—consciously girlish and in quotation marks he wrote Spink—“lovely.” Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z She kept her worship to herself, and never sent him the letters in which she poured out the longings and raptures which filled her girlish heart. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z This time in the girlish voice there was a ring of unmistakable indignation. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z The girlish heart went out to her unquestioningly, recognising instinctively a common bond. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z A ripple of girlish laughter answered the challenge, but Shag didn’t like it and he growled threateningly. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z After the first meeting with Faust I would slyly stop and glance back at him with girlish curiosity to see what he looked like. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z The idea of self-sacrifice always comes into them; but they are thoroughly girlish. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z There came a peal of girlish laughter as a prelude to this reply. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Really you carry me back to my own girlish days, just after I met James—I remember well—my heart nearly fluttered out of its place.” An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z “Yes, we have been having quite a night of it,” put in Peg with a girlish laugh. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z Do you think I’ll ever sell it?” and the pretty girlish face was raised to Mr. Porter’s with the most winning of smiles. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z "The Captive of Castile; or, The Moorish Maiden's Vow," is preserved entire, and is a good specimen of these girlish efforts. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z But at the last the sneers, The mystery which hid him, the swift flight Before the coming dawn, the shape concealed, The curious girlish heart, these worked on me With an unsatisfied thirst. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z Jack leered as he concentrated his gaze upon the girlish form drawn up to her fullest height before him. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Aunt Carrie told them of the perseverance of her niece, who had devoted all her girlish energy to fulfilling her father’s cherished plans. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z If thin, her features shrink, and her skin shrivels and fades; even though she retains a slender and perhaps a girlish form. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z In this house the girlish life of Louisa was passed, which she has represented so fully in "Little Women," and of which she speaks in her journal as the happiest time of her life. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z They cut with knives The taper girlish throat; they watched the blood Drip slowly on the sand, and the young life Meek as a lamb come to the sacrifice To appease the angry gods.' The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z The girlish, agile and abrupt movements have passed into a woman's poise and grace. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z This to be sure was a girlish fancy, but the character of Julie retained to the end much of the folie of which she 132here speaks, without, however, in the least impairing its real seriousness. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z For the moment I was so completely carried away by her outburst of girlish frankness that I hardly knew what to say. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z Her capital was her own life and experiences and those of others directly about her; and her own well-remembered girlish frolics and fancies were sure to find responsive enjoyment in the minds of other girls. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z She has lost the girlish appearance she had so long, and her manner was nervous, particularly at first. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z Isabella Baxter, afterwards Mrs. Booth, was Mary’s especial friend and chief correspondent, and it is much to be regretted that none of their girlish letters have been preserved. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z There was an unmistakable air of health about the young girlish figure, but Tommy, although she was quite unconscious of it, was suffering from fatigue of the spirit. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z At first she wept passionately, but her girlish volatility soon dried these tears. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z She had a more facile nature than the other sisters, and a natural, girlish love of attention, and a romantic fondness for beauty in person and style in living. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z It fell in girlish freedom, rough with curls, a little below her shoulders. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z But her cheery letters are girlish and playful. 5th December 1816. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z The two younger seemed hardly to have attained their full growth, though Emily was taller than Charlotte; they had cropped hair and a more girlish dress. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z The song, which sounded out over the town, the one which had first been heard by Fru Engel's grave, contained, as it sounded from these girlish voices, all that he wished for on earth. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z They were delighted to find him so far recovered, and they said so in girlish words and expressions. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z Would he be willing to upset these in order to please a girlish fancy? Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z They did not see very much of him, but Christy was a favourite of his, and he would sometimes take a quiet pleasure, not unmixed with amusement, in listening to their girlish talks and arguments. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z Miller says she’ll often put together — both on the runway and in her personal life — a very girlish dress with a jacket. Borrowed-from-the-boys style can add strength _ and ease _ to a woman?s closet 2011-10-18T19:51:29Z He sometimes smiled at her girlish eagerness, while more and more he marveled at her wisdom and ability. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z As this was exactly what they all had wanted for an hour past, the girlish voices rang merrily over the hills and came back in mad echoes. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z It was a rebuff; but still—she would keep down her girlish pride. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Yet those blue eyes of Barclay's had once fairly burned with passionate delight in her girlish beauty, and his words had trembled with their weight of love for her. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z She was kinder than usual that night, sweeter and more girlish. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z We’re frightfully poor,” she went on with the same strange frankness—a curious mixture of girlish grace and conscious cynicism. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Artemisia's figure had lost some of its girlish grace, but her blue eyes retained their clearness and her cheeks the delicate flush of her youth. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Could those furtive, harsh-glancing eyes be the deep, dreamy ones in which she had once seen the mirage of her every girlish hope? Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z How beautiful she was, how fair a picture of almost girlish innocence and freedom from all worldly dross or care! A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z It seemed almost incredible to them they had been in that old town for so short a time, during which, however, their little plans—their girlish point of view—had undergone absolute revolution. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z Under the curl, in a rounded but girlish handwriting, were four words: "Help me, dear Chris!" "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z |
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