prude

Example Sentences

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Nobody wants to be unsophisticated, or a prude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Rivera’s not a prude; he will utter an expletive into the microphone if the occasion calls for it.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022

“I’m not a prude, at least not as a writer. I didn’t write anything here that I wouldn’t write with my name attached,” said Obioma.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2022

She is not a professorial prude, however, oblivious to shifting realities.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2021

But my mother wasn’t a prude; she was just afraid of what would happen if she let herself run loose, even for a day.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad