gentle sex

Example Sentences

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Oh! by the mildness of thy gentle sex, Attend my prayer.

From Maid of Orleans by Schiller, Friedrich

"You see, there are no women in our country; and six months without a word or a smile from your gentle sex makes a man ready to hate himself and his fellow-creatures."

From The Silver Horde by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

Never before had the semblance of a woman appeared, never before had an intimation been given that the gentle sex existed in these silent chambers.

From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri

My fellow-voyagers were mostly French, some of them of the gentle sex, and chattered like pies until they fell asleep.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus

Christina was gone, and the gentle sex was no longer represented in the monastery of Trooditissa.

From Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir