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Used with adjectives:
"
The young woman got into a car accident."
(young, middle-aged, old, elderly)
"
I can handle it because I am a grown woman."
(grown, adult)
"
He was flirting with a married woman."
(married)
"
She is a single woman."
(single, unmarried, widowed, divorced, pregnant)
"
He is married to a beautiful woman."
(beautiful, pretty, attractive)
"
She is a smart woman."
(smart, intelligent, educated, successful, strong)
"
She is such a nice woman."
(nice, good, sweet, kind)
"
There is a shelter for battered women."
(battered, abused)
Used with verbs:
"
He married a beautiful woman."
(married)
"
Women are portrayed as the weaker sex."
(be + portrayed, be + shown, be + depicted)
Used with nouns:
"
The women's movement has come a long way."
(movement, liberation)
"
That organization fights for women's rights."
(right)
"
We started a women's group at church."
(group)
"
She is majoring in women's studies in college."
(studies)
