virginal
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Set in Rome in 1971 just before the events of the first movie, “The First Omen’s” central figure is Margaret Daino, a dewy, virginal American novitiate played by Nell Tiger Free.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
Before Roberts, the romance genre was dominated by tepid and virginal women who were overpowered by brooding men.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
Miss Lansbury endows Sibyl Vane, the songstress with virginal charm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
The bride, dressed in virginal white, approached Bobby and whispered something in his ear that caused him to briefly abandon his station.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2022
In desperation I summoned up the last image I had of her, outlined against the satin pleats in her virginal coffin, with her bride’s blossoms in her hair and a rosary in her hands.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vermeer's the Music Lesson aka A lady at the virginals with a gentleman.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2012
A motley sisterhood of keyboard instruments — virginals, clavichords, harpsichords — squat on platforms and tables.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2010
The royalty checks helped Mr. Hogwood build up an already formidable musical library of historical instruments, including clavichords, spinets, virginals and fortepianos.
From Washington Post
Fired with enthusiasm, he began to collect viols, lutes, virginals and other old instruments, studied their construction and taught himself how to play them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Likewise the keyboard music of sixteenth-century English composers Thomas Tallis, William Byrd and John Redford, which was originally intended to be sung, was soon adapted, by them and others, into music tailor-made for the virginals.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
