chaste
Example Sentences
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Jesus is widely thought to have never married and to have lived a chaste life.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
She says the idea of the Sisterhood choosing to be chaste and not have men around is something considered “intensely mysterious and threatening.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024
K-dramas are famously chaste, which is part of their global appeal.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2023
Still, these were details ABC might have accounted for before constructing the sensitive, chaste gentleman fantasy that made everyone weak in the knees.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2023
He scorned Aphrodite, he worshiped only Artemis, the huntress chaste and fair.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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