gentle sex
Example Sentences
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In writing of authors of the gentle sex, his ink-pot became a pot of honey.
From The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe by Mary Newton Stanard
Christina was gone, and the gentle sex was no longer represented in the monastery of Trooditissa.
From Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 by Sir Samuel White Baker
As a lady's companion he is hard to beat; indeed, a glance at any show catalogue will prove that the majority of Borzois are owned by the gentle sex.
From Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton
Yes; and I fancy that melancholy air assists him very much in vanquishing the gentle sex.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various
Oh! by the mildness of thy gentle sex, Attend my prayer.
From Maid of Orleans by Friedrich Schiller
