gentle sex
Example Sentences
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He was called an able man, but his foibles were precisely of the sort to create in the large-hearted of the gentle sex an almost masculine antipathy to their spiritual pastor.
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]
In this, however, we were not singular, as nine in ten of the audience that night, I mean nine in ten of the gentle sex, went to the theatre on foot.
From Satanstoe by Cooper, James Fenimore
I fill this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone,— A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon.
From The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics by Knowles, Frederic Lawrence
As a lady's companion he is hard to beat; indeed, a glance at any show catalogue will prove that the majority of Borzois are owned by the gentle sex.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
Oh how little do we know of those rapid lights and shadows which shift and tremble across the spirits of the gentle sex, when approaching to hold this tender communion with those whom they love.
From Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
