maidenhood

Example Sentences

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I banned the word “obey” from our vows and I rejected the white dress that pushed archaic notions of female innocence, chastity, maidenhood and modesty.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2022

Jaime is such a villain, but his time in the Starks custody has humbled him, as we see when he manages to keep Brienne's maidenhood safe.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2013

Kenneth Lewis, a Conservative from Rutland and Stamford, threatened to take the matter before the House of Commons and treat it as an affront to British maidenhood.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Pearl, symbol of maidenhood, is sole heritage of a pulchritudinous orphan, Pilgrim.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was still but a child, in spite of her blooming maidenhood, and the kiss was prompted by the purest impulse of her heart.

From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von