softer sex
Example Sentences
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Nor was he less favoured and admired by the softer sex.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William
Warm-hearted friends watched and guarded him with intense and unwearied solicitude; the kindest hearted of the softer sex, the best of the best, seems to have been born only to anticipate his wants.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
"Jane Shore" has supplanted "Barnwell," and the anxieties of the age, are, it would appear, now directed towards the softer sex.
From A History of Pantomime by Broadbent, R. J.
I resolved to follow that rule of polite society, which extends priority to the softer sex.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
"And I recollect you also," said Charles, advancing to the young man with a manner very different from that which characterized him in his intercourse with the softer sex.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various
