prostitute

Example Sentences

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The authors were radical women from various backgrounds—one was an impoverished widow and another a onetime prostitute, while a third had been a princess who chopped off her hair moments before her wedding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

BBC Verify searched all the circulars for 2008 and could find no reference to "informed choice" or "child prostitute" or any phrase similar to the one cited in the social media posts.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025

He was the son of a prostitute, who died when he was 5, and was raised by an aunt in Jacarezinho, a favela in the city.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

While working on the opening section, Dostoevsky did not anticipate that the benevolent prostitute Sonya and the scoundrel Svidrigailov would later seize control of the narrative.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2021

She was also an advocate for “free love,” a blackmailer, an accused bigamist, possibly a prostitute, and a spiritualist who claimed she channeled the spirit of Demosthenes, a statesman from ancient Greece.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling