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prude
noun as in excessively modest person
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Example Sentences
The group is active in the Black Lives Matter movement and called for change following the death of Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, who died in police custody in Rochester in 2020.
Doorley faced calls for her resignation after deciding not to charge the police officers who had arrested Prude.
Anthony Comstock, the chief prude for whom the act is named, was an enthusiastic book-banner and suffragist-opposer.
Anthony Comstock, the infamous prude who was behind the law, was much like Charlie Kirk, in that his misogynist intent was never far beneath the surface.
As a result of the hypersexualization, Portman also said that she had to build a fortress and projected an image of a "prude" to protect herself.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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