softer sex
Example Sentences
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"And I recollect you also," said Charles, advancing to the young man with a manner very different from that which characterized him in his intercourse with the softer sex.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various
I resolved to follow that rule of polite society, which extends priority to the softer sex.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
A lover in Kahiki-nui--of the softer sex, it would appear-- looks across the wind-swept channel and sends her thoughts lovingly, yearningly, over to Kona of Hawaii, which district she personifies as her lover.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
About three o'clock of a roseate day in early spring two fashionables of the softer sex, elegantly arrayed, might have been observed sauntering languidly down Fifth Avenue.
From The Spinner's Book of Fiction by Various
Nor was he less favoured and admired by the softer sex.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William
