fair sex
Example Sentences
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The book American and Other Drinks touts the ladies’ blush as a "favourite drink among the fair sex," neglecting to cite its popularity with aspiring hyperglycemics.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2013
The fiction portion seemed to have met with the most favor from the fair sex; Don Rosendo told them the next number would be much more interesting, and then he withdrew.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Armando Palacio Vald?s
Monsieur des Ageaux was a man of whom his best friends could not say that he shone, or tried to shine, in the pursuit of the fair sex.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Stanley J. Weyman
Of course he is a great favourite with the fair sex.
From The Everlasting Arms by Joseph Hocking
Speech-Day at Merchant Taylors’ was the sole occasion on which the large schoolroom in Suffolk Lane was ever honoured by the presence of the fair sex.
From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by W. Carew Hazlitt
