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
I had not however sufficient experience then, of the lengths to which those nocturnal confidences, in which the fair sex indulge with each other, extend.
From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)
And Se�or Vicente did wisely; however much of a lion one may be, one must be gallant toward the fair sex.
From The Last Lion and Other Tales by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente
Much of the civilization of Europe is due to the high position of the fair sex in the social scale.
From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Bose, Shib Chunder
Guard yourself, Michael, against a friend of the fair sex, even though that friend has a mustache; for either you will betray that friend, or you yourself will be betrayed.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
