scarlet woman

Example Sentences

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We were English, and so had only those morally laden English words to deal with: words like scarlet woman, and adulteress.”

From Washington Post

The I, Tonya star remained a scarlet woman at the Vanity Fair party... from the waist down at least.

From BBC

“Scarlet woman?’’ she repeated, shaking with suppressed giggles as she looked around at Ron.

From Literature

So should Catholic traditionalists vote for the DUP, even though Paisley once called the pope “the scarlet woman of Rome”? Senior DUP leaders, who resist change to a restrictive abortion regime, say their party is a logical choice for faithful Catholics.

From Economist

Surely, in semi-transparent dresses — one scarlet woman in a see-through red dress with a lattice of wool lace.

From New York Times