prudishness

Example Sentences

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"Milton is renowned as an enemy of press censorship," Scott-Warren said, "but here we see he was not immune to prudishness."

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

Comstock ultimately became a public laughingstock for his prudishness, and the Supreme Court overturned the law’s restrictions on birth control in 1965.

From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2023

It doesn’t discount personal prudishness or the specific, pop-culture-managed conservative image Hoover wanted to project of the F.B.I.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

That early prudishness proved surprisingly resilient in the 20th century.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2022

Perhaps at this age we return to the prudishness we had as children.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood