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
He was emotional, was this battered campaigner, who had buffeted about the world so much, and had an infinite pity for human weakness—and chiefly for the weaknesses of maidenhood beset by temptation.
From Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire by John Augustus O'Shea
