female friendship

collocation in English

meaningsoffemaleandfriendship

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female
adjective
uk
/ˈfiː.meɪl/us
/ˈfiː.meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that can give birth to young or ...
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friendship
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfrend.ʃɪp/us
/ˈfrend.ʃɪp/
a situation in which two people ...
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(Definition offemaleandfriendshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffemale friendship

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Against this ambiguous background the language offemalefriendshipcan be difficult to interpret with confidence.
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There werefemalefriendshipnetworks, but these tended to be small, and were not tightly organised.
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And even though the catfighting goes over the top, the notion that a passionatefemalefriendshipcan turn ugly in a heartbeat is, sadly, realistic.
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Frequent themes in her most recent books include cooking, class wars, children, infidelity, andfemalefriendship.
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Certainly her representations offemalefriendshipare intense, even passionate.
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The story may lack complexity, but it is loaded with irrepressible energy and a deep appreciation offemalefriendship.
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Instead of romantic love, the novel positsfemalefriendshipunder a powerful duty to piety.
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This is reflected in the representation of her views on beauty, the female body, marriage, family andfemalefriendshipin her work.
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The novel portrays the demise of a marriage and focuses on the spirituality offemalefriendship.
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By the early twentieth century, female friendships transitioned from being tolerated, even encouraged, to medicalized as sick.
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Female friendships and their intimacy register as either benign or threatening, depending on specific cultural anxieties.
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Her work focuses on self-empowerment and often celebrates female friendships, hope, and optimism.
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Raymonds is the most probing and honorable discussion of female friendships we have...
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