prude
Example Sentences
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Nobody wants to be unsophisticated, or a prude.
“I’ve been reminded that I’m a prude of an English boy.”
From Los Angeles Times
“I am, even if nobody believes it, a prude,” she says, describing a Kidman scene to make her point.
From Los Angeles Times
I like to make jokes, I like to have all this bravado, but I’m really kind of a prude and shy.
From Los Angeles Times
Over the centuries, the Wife of Bath has been swinging her hips through Western culture, knocking princesses off their pedestals, shocking prudes and clearing a path for savvy, witty women.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
