prude

Example Sentences

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Nobody wants to be unsophisticated, or a prude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

“I’ve been reminded that I’m a prude of an English boy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

Anthony Comstock, the chief prude for whom the act is named, was an enthusiastic book-banner and suffragist-opposer.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2024

Rivera’s not a prude; he will utter an expletive into the microphone if the occasion calls for it.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022

But my mother wasn’t a prude; she was just afraid of what would happen if she let herself run loose, even for a day.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad