maidenhood
Example Sentences
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I banned the word “obey” from our vows and I rejected the white dress that pushed archaic notions of female innocence, chastity, maidenhood and modesty.
From Washington Post ● May 30, 2022
Jaime is such a villain, but his time in the Starks custody has humbled him, as we see when he manages to keep Brienne's maidenhood safe.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2013
Eleven scenes describe his mental odyssey, taking him through school, sanatorium, streetcorner, deserted room, and finally to salvation, which is achieved in a dream of celestial music and maidenhood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kenneth Lewis, a Conservative from Rutland and Stamford, threatened to take the matter before the House of Commons and treat it as an affront to British maidenhood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mighty courage she has—a frail figure, barriers closing up behind her to shut forever the easy paths of maidenhood; hill and valley stretching limitless before, where lie lurking heaven knows what ravening monsters.
From The Happy Warrior by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
