vestal

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The story of the vestal virgin Claudia Quinta represents one such instance.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

That transformation unlocked something new that shot her to the top of pop’s Olympus: the vestal vamp.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2022

A center wall, painted with floral-themed graffiti that recalls Keith Haring’s more vestal imagery, frames the open kitchen and rights the visual balance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2019

Around the room, the machines’ shabby curtains snap open and bang shut; the vestal poll-watchers bend low over their thick volumes; and once again I have forgotten the number of my assembly district.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018

“Flies,” he remembered, “On the white wonder of dear Juliet’s hand, may seize And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley