unchaste

Example Sentences

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But if coarse in speech he was pure in life, and neither the rancor of political hate nor the research of unsparing biographers ever charged him with an unchaste act.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring

Nothing unchaste or indelicate about her appearance; just a sort of want of restraint; a freedom that amounted to an utter lack of responsibility to the ordinary claims and dictates of propriety.

From Hoosier Mosaics by Thompson, Maurice

The celibacy of the clergy was only established with the very greatest difficulty, and when it was established, priests became unchaste.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock

S: O sister of Haroun! your father was not a bad man, nor, was your mother an unchaste woman.

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf

It is evidently an incorrect use of language to describe the unmarried women of a tribe as unchaste, unless there is a rule for them.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham