Sentence example with the word 'maidenliness'

maidenliness

Definition n. behavior befitting a young maiden

Last update: June 11, 2015


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"I thought it might be fine to help a great painter like you," confessed the gentle lass; very gently, with reluctance and pain, for it was wrung by compulsion from her maidenliness.   [Please select]

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In good sooth, a young maid is all the better for learning some robuster virtues than maidenliness and not to move the antimacassars.   [Please select]

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In good sooth, a young maid is all the better for learning some robuster virtues than maidenliness and not to move the antimacassars; and the robuster virtues require some fresh air and freedom.   [Please select]

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Beautiful with the truest sort of beauty, for nobility of character lent its subtle charm to the bloom of youth, the freshness of health, the innocence of a nature whose sweet maidenliness Mac felt but could not describe.   [Please select]

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