prudery

Example Sentences

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He was fired because of indefensible and harmful prudery.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2022

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

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

She was dubbed by Time "the Mao Tse-tung of Women's Liberation," and rebutted by Mailer in his book "The Prisoner of Sex," in which he mocked her as "the Battling Annie of some new prudery."

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2017

Some things were just plain unacceptable even when buttoned-up 1950s prudery was beginning its retreat.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2012

This may seem like vanity or prudery; but no matter what it appears, if it is right.

From Leonora by Edgeworth, Maria