How to Use feminized in a Sentence

feminized

adjective
  • Gabriel was an angel in the Bible, and Gabriella is the feminized form of this name.
    — Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022
  • Welcome to a uniquely feminized hell.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 27 May 2026
  • Harley Quinn is very feminized, and uses the male gaze as a weapon against those who underestimate her.
    — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The clue involved a state capital named in 1845 for a feminized name of a large body of water.
    — Brian O'Shea, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Many bear the feminized version of his name, Columbia, which is often overlooked.
    — Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Siri and Alexa and their fellow feminized bots are flourishes of marketing.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Nimona’s specific pink is a bit bolder than a pastel, the latter of which can evoke a more feminized interpretation.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023
  • Their collection of feminized and autoflowering seeds stands out for featuring some of the best genetics in the industry.
    — Anna Miller, Sacramento Bee, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Look for feminized seeds, which are guaranteed to produce the valuable female plants that bear buds, as opposed to male plants, which are often culled to prevent pollination.
    — Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • But feminized forms of cultural production—especially mommy blogs and personal style vlogs—laid the groundwork for this industrial boom.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Stewart, zooming down hallways on a scooter, wearing a Sid Vicious T-shirt and a thumb ring, is a figure of loyalty in a feminized opposition.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Social elevation is costly; while the women rely on maids and helpers to serve their daily needs, Ginzburg shows that her heroines’ status doesn’t exempt them from other forms of feminized labor, or other hardships.
    — Farah Abdessamad, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Thandiwe Newton took a stand against Sean Penn after the actor and filmmaker made headlines for comments about men becoming too feminized in American culture.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 31 Jan. 2022
  • For women in London, the West End was an area to engage with an urban culture that was both emancipatory and oppressive as shopping became increasingly feminized.
    — TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The collection had nautical and Southeast Asian themes, with soft jackets and loose dresses that allowed freedom of movement — and, for women of the 1970s, freedom from the more feminized uniform of previous decades.
    — Kin Woo, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Just as the highly feminized hard-seltzer prototype Zima yielded to the bro-friendly White Claw, the negative feminine stereotype of wine coolers in the 1980s is now virtually nonexistent.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 June 2021

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