virginity
Example Sentences
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Like many millennials, I grew up at the peak of the American abstinence education movement and the American evangelical obsession with virginity.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
He has made his daughters pledge their virginity and has monitored his son’s electronic devices to prevent him from accessing adult content.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2026
“Bridgerton” showrunner Jess Brownell discusses Season 3, the debate with Shonda Rhimes over Colin’s virginity, Julie Andrews’ fate as narrator and the visual changes coming to Season 4.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
One was asceticism, a form of self- denial that includes foregoing bodily pleasures and adopting a life of chastity, virginity, and renunciation of normal society.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
From barren brown stems to glistening leaf-buds; from the leaf-buds to snowy virginity of bloom.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
