gentle sex
Example Sentences
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As a lady's companion he is hard to beat; indeed, a glance at any show catalogue will prove that the majority of Borzois are owned by the gentle sex.
From Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton
He is greater, and will be loved more hereafter by the gentle sex.
From Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray
Christina was gone, and the gentle sex was no longer represented in the monastery of Trooditissa.
From Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 by Sir Samuel White Baker
My fellow-voyagers were mostly French, some of them of the gentle sex, and chattered like pies until they fell asleep.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by John Augustus O'Shea
Never before had the semblance of a woman appeared, never before had an intimation been given that the gentle sex existed in these silent chambers.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd
