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
Bottiger, whose good graces were considered most important, received even the fair sex.
From The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
He was gallant to the fair sex, and especially to Miss Pontifex and Miss Spriggs, one dark and one fair, and both in the dew of their cultured youth.
From Notwithstanding by Cholmondeley, Mary
This did not, however, prevent the fair sex from conducting intrigues by stealth.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
My turn for study, literary talent, grave demeanour, and seriousness of character made far less impression on the fair sex than my successes on the stage and the pallone-ground.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
