softer sex
Example Sentences
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This inconsiderate partiality of the softer sex might be cavilled at, but to Chittaranjan it did not seem unpleasant.
From Mashi and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore
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
The instrumental performance was illustrated and completed with a multitude of harmonious voices, and those who sang were each of them of the softer sex.
From Imogen A Pastoral Romance by William Godwin
With the dream of his youth vanished all predilection for the softer sex.
From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by John Turvill Adams
Nor was he less favoured and admired by the softer sex.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by William Godwin
