1990, Suzette A. Henke, James Joyce and the Politics of Desire:
He remembers Milly's childhood fear of being deserted and the terror she experienced at the first bloody sign of womanly/wombly maturation: "Her growing pains at night ...
2005, Deborah Sawyer, David Gunn, Gary. A Philips, God, Gender and the Bible:
This image extends to the divine person through the use of … in Jeremiah 31.20 to signify God's motherly (or 'wombly') compassion for the beloved child, Ephraim.