prudery

Example Sentences

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Poem-sequences dominate Muldoon’s storm of slaps against piety, prudery, cruelty and greed.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

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

My objection isn’t rooted in prudery but in artistic tact.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2019

Are prudery and feminist orthodoxy the same thing?

From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2014

I don't think so, my Lord; you offered a bonus on prudery, and hence you met nothing but coyness.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James