prudish
Example Sentences
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"The album is not for any pearl clutchers," she told CBS News, with reference to prim, prudish or easily offended people.
From BBC
The online response to the art was painfully scolding and prudish.
From Salon
“It was clear that we couldn’t make a prudish film,” says Lanthimos.
From Los Angeles Times
Prudes are going to be prudish, so no point in trying to appease them in a show that’s all about the havoc that’s wrought when human biology is denied by moralistic zealots.
From Los Angeles Times
“How prudent some people are here,” one user quipped, perhaps meaning to say prudish instead of prudent.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
