harlot

Example Sentences

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Throughout the years — an astonishing 22 of them — Ms. Abrera has checked off other characters in “Romeo and Juliet”: She’s played a harlot, Rosaline and Lady Capulet.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2018

In her book Mother Ireland, O’Brien described Ireland as “a woman, a womb, a cave, a cow, a Rosaleen, a sow, a bride, a harlot and of course, the gaunt Hag of Beare”.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2015

Words such as scold, shrew, termagent, witch, harlot, bawd, and tramp were all at one point in their histories terms for men; furthermore, the terms were usually neutral and sometimes even adulatory.

From Salon • May 11, 2013

In the wake of feminism, and postmodern drama, it's not uncommon now to portray Carmen as more heroine than harlot.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2011

The sermon had meandered from the pious Susanna to Rahab, the harlot of Jericho.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver