prudish
Example Sentences
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The display eclipsed the return of garden gnomes to an event so prudish that the lawn ornaments have been allowed just once before in its 113-year history, and only then because it was for charity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
"The album is not for any pearl clutchers," she told CBS News, with reference to prim, prudish or easily offended people.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
Prudes are going to be prudish, so no point in trying to appease them in a show that’s all about the havoc that’s wrought when human biology is denied by moralistic zealots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
The men in her movies may have made fun of her ostensible chastity, but her characters were not prudish so much as selective.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2022
She is ten years younger than my mother but looks older, especially now as her face turns long and prudish.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
