frigidity

Example Sentences

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Frigidity being the stepmother of invention, David Putnam two years ago became proprietor of Stowe Woolens, Ltd., a manufacturer of sweaters and ski caps.

From Time Magazine Archive

Frigidity and complaint of ill-usage made a glamour in every fold of her expensive garments; she was large and troubled and severe.

From The Gentleman from Indiana by Tarkington, Booth

Frigidity and formality were driven away by the sunshine that brightened my stay at St. Louis.

From Memories and Anecdotes by Sanborn, Kate

Frigidity had settled, and hostility had been arrested only by indifference.

From Some Short Stories [by Henry James] by James, Henry