A certain prudishness has developed among Christians of late. From Wordnik.com. [Why I Dislike Christian SF and April Blog Tour Final Day] Reference
That prudishness is bone deep. From Wordnik.com. [prude] Reference
Is there a bit of prudishness coming through here?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
It's not prudishness, burka-wearing fear of the body. From Wordnik.com. [The sleazy sexism that's served up...] Reference
It's not prudishness; I don't care what anyone wears. From Wordnik.com. [Popcorn anyone?] Reference
Gallatin brought no prudishness and no orthodoxy in his. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII] Reference
I felt vaguely upset at my own comparative prudishness. From Wordnik.com. [Never Come Down]
It wasn't blurred from prudishness, but for public safety. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: Jeff Probst and the 7 Dwarfed-Intellects.] Reference
And I am mortally weary of the prudishness of these Valdemarans. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Rising]
And afterwards she made merry with papa about Kitty's prudishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
However, prudishness is not a mark of an experienced lady of the ton. From Wordnik.com. [The Obedient Bride]
Some Egyptians say the new prudishness isn't entirely the Saudis 'fault. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Egyptian Belly Dancer] Reference
She was a good psychologist and was free of formal style and prudishness. From Wordnik.com. [SHE TALKED ABOUT RUSSIA] Reference
It's a sort of prudishness without even the dignity of meaningful standards. From Wordnik.com. [Weaving Humanity Into History] Reference
You're condemning me simply because I don't share your prudishness, and you won't stop!. From Wordnik.com. [Don't do it, Hillary.] Reference
Ms. Allison, who has made repeated public claims of prudishness, might have been smirking. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Forman's Pot of Gold] Reference
Hmmm, I think I'm happier with a librarian whose prudishness gets in the way than her politics!. From Wordnik.com. [Yikes] Reference
Would that the FCC felt the same way, but its prudishness was at least overturned by the courts. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Warner: Issues You Won't Hear on Cable News] Reference
I always do, and I don't intend altering a comfortable habit to accommodate anyone's prudishness. From Wordnik.com. [Barefoot Bride]
The French documentary ‘90 minutes’ recently devoted an episode to prudishness in the US of A. From Wordnik.com. [crawling off the plate] Reference
And yes, there is a fine distinction between modesty and prudishness, ofen seen in our protestant culture. From Wordnik.com. [The Modesty of His Lordship] Reference
To me, no reason is a good reason to remove a bike lane, but prudishness seemed like an especially bad one. From Wordnik.com. [What Hipsters Can Learn From Hasids About the Bedford Bike Lane] Reference
Without a suspicion of prudishness there was always with her the natural dignity of the true-born gentlewoman. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance and Tragedy] Reference
Evangelical Revival, the increased length of the average lifespan, or the general prudishness of Victorianism. From Wordnik.com. [Frankie Thomas: The Children Are Our Future -- But What Is In Their Sordid Past?] Reference
Augustus was known to his contemporaries as a very prim and proper gentleman, conventional to the point of prudishness. From Wordnik.com. [Who wrote "I Claudius"?] Reference
So probably just British prudishness keeping the men from getting checked ... nothing to do with the health system at all. From Wordnik.com. [Rudy Talks About Cancer In New Radio Ad, Bashes Socialized Medicine] Reference
But along with the dismantling of apartheid's racial separation, the new South Africa is shedding its official prudishness. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
A woman fresh from the country, having all the charm of innocence, almost as child-like as her sister, yet with none of her prudishness. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
In the eyes of the court and the entire country, she was an adventuress who hid her guilty relationship behind a façade of prudishness. From Wordnik.com. [Louis XIV's Secret Wife] Reference
Usually I discern a fragrant white lily, here and there along the shore, growing, with sweet prudishness, beyond the grasp of mortal arm. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
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