prudish

Example Sentences

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The display eclipsed the return of garden gnomes to an event so prudish that the lawn ornaments have been allowed just once before in its 113-year history, and only then because it was for charity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

"The album is not for any pearl clutchers," she told CBS News, with reference to prim, prudish or easily offended people.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

The online response to the art was painfully scolding and prudish.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2025

“How prudent some people are here,” one user quipped, perhaps meaning to say prudish instead of prudent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

I’m not prudish, Kitty, and yet every time they give a blow-by-blow account of their trips to the bathroom, which they often do, my whole body rises in revolt.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank