womanhood
noun
wom·an·hood
ˈwu̇-mən-ˌhu̇d 
especially Southern ˈwō-,
or ˈwə-
Examples of womanhood in a Sentence
a young girl on the verge of womanhood
What is your view of womanhood?
The book is a celebration of womanhood.
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Her pathbreaking work opened the door for countless women writers and producers in primetime television, especially those who used the sitcom to explore the joys and challenges of womanhood.
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Time, 17 Sep. 2025
What inspired The Wilderness, this new novel about friendship and Black womanhood?
—Jane Ciabattari
september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
These series reject the streamer bloat of our last decade and rip through story, embracing the breakneck pacing and dynamic rhythms of soap operas while also plunging into of-the-moment anxiety over backsliding feminist gains and uncertainty about exactly what kind of womanhood is aspirational.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Slowly pieces of my womanhood are taken away.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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Time, 17 Sep. 2025
What inspired The Wilderness, this new novel about friendship and Black womanhood?
—Jane Ciabattari
september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
These series reject the streamer bloat of our last decade and rip through story, embracing the breakneck pacing and dynamic rhythms of soap operas while also plunging into of-the-moment anxiety over backsliding feminist gains and uncertainty about exactly what kind of womanhood is aspirational.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Slowly pieces of my womanhood are taken away.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for womanhood
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“Womanhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/womanhood. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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womanhood
noun
wom·an·hood
ˈwu̇m-ən-ˌhu̇d
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