I read once that a prude is a good woman in the worst sense of the word. From Wordnik.com. [How good is good?] Reference
A prude is the very picture of backwardness -- immature and weak. From Wordnik.com. [BIG BLUE WAVE] Reference
I suppose the prude was afraid of my demolishing and unrigging her. '. From Wordnik.com. [Belinda] Reference
I've never been called a prude, because most of them are one night events. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
Any reader of this blog knows I'm not what you'd call a prude but it's just not for work. From Wordnik.com. [Lockergnome] Reference
Nobody likes to be called a prude or a goody-two-shoes (assuming the term isn't extinct). From Wordnik.com. [DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS] Reference
The comedians were funnier that I expected, but without a doubt, the prude was the show stealer. From Wordnik.com. [N*ked On the Roof...] Reference
Had she been a "prude" this would not have happened. From Wordnik.com. [The sexting craze that is making ordinary teenage idiots into child pornographers.] Reference
I can't imagine the kind of prude that could dislike a band like Spoon. From Wordnik.com. [KINGBLIND: Music, Art & Entertainment] Reference
It didn't take long for the Weekly to call Smith a "prude" on their Web site. From Wordnik.com. [NBC Bay Area - News Top Stories] Reference
I'm probably less "prude" than you, I know I'm less prude than the average person. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
He wondered whether his friend's wife were a prude. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
The cries of prude is the same as it's always been. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 16, 2009] Reference
GRACE: You certainly turned into a prude overnight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2008] Reference
She doesn't look like it -- still less like a prude. From Wordnik.com. [Tales from Many Sources Vol. V] Reference
She was no prude, and made no pretense of being one. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays] Reference
Palocci, a 42-year-old fiscal prude, typically demurs. From Wordnik.com. [Strong Medicine] Reference
After all, we were still dressed and I was the class prude. From Wordnik.com. [Spring] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm not prude, I'm just highly selective. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2009] Reference
To her staffers, she is corny and a "bit of a prude," says one. From Wordnik.com. [First Fighter] Reference
He's quick to point out he may be a preacher but he's no prude. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2007] Reference
Angioletto could not decide whether to think him rogue or prude. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm not a prude, I'm just highly selective. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2009] Reference
He's quick to point out he may be a preacher, but he's no prude. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2007] Reference
Þe tereð ⁊ freteð þo euele swiken þe niðfule ⁊ þe prude. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts] Reference
I do not object to all cosmetic surgery and I'm not a morality prude. From Wordnik.com. [Beth Weinstock: Selling Perfection] Reference
He was no prude -- no sissy -- but somewhere every man had to draw the line. From Wordnik.com. [Winner Take All] Reference
MARTIN: Hey, Anderson, you know, I-- Anderson, I do take prude in my dressing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2008] Reference
Blue Jeans was no prude -- no sissy -- but a man had to draw the line somewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Winner Take All] Reference
No court can decide whether Spender is an old prude or Leavitt a young pipsqueak. From Wordnik.com. [Not With My Life, You Don't] Reference
ROBERTS: He is quick to point out, though, he may be a preacher, but he's not a prude. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2007] Reference
She was not a prude, but she disapproved of anything that was bad form at her receptions. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The country beauty of Geneva became the prude of Paris, while the quiet, unemotional young. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
And Charlotte, whom you might think of as a prude, actually "did" one more guy than Miranda. From Wordnik.com. [Behind The Seams] Reference
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