prude

Example Sentences

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Nobody wants to be unsophisticated, or a prude.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I’ve been reminded that I’m a prude of an English boy.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I am, even if nobody believes it, a prude,” she says, describing a Kidman scene to make her point.

From Los Angeles Times

I like to make jokes, I like to have all this bravado, but I’m really kind of a prude and shy.

From Los Angeles Times

Anthony Comstock, the infamous prude who was behind the law, was much like Charlie Kirk, in that his misogynist intent was never far beneath the surface.

From Salon