prudery
Example Sentences
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But when you strip away the social conventions from which a show’s crisis develops — prudery, repression, outerwear, what have you — you leave the action unmotivated and unmoored.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023
Populating the novel is the usual cast of characters, foremost among them the cop shop’s inimitable secretary, Agatino Catarella, who blends obsequiousness, prudery and verbal ineptitude into a patois all his own.
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021
Thanks to local prudery and Robert Moses, it was never realized.
From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2019
My objection isn’t rooted in prudery but in artistic tact.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2019
By instinct Miss Simpson was modest to the verge of prudery.
From Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor by Young, F.E. Mills
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
