“The daughter did the best she could, trudging womanfully along until she came to a bleak desert land.”

“We were borne inside, struggling manfully, but held secure most womanfully, in spite of our best endeavors.”

“While more female physicians are turning up, most are either too mannishly tough or too womanishly sweet.”

“Men in polyester trousers, sharply creased, cut to bag out womanishly at the thighs and hemmed too short, exposing a centimetre of sock.”

“I am grateful rather than insulted that Toni Morrison's women speak in so many tongues, that their spirits write so diversely and so womanishly.”