virginity

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Recent Examples of virginity The show is a bit of a time capsule now—maybe even a period drama—but Skins’s issues remain potent: characters lost their virginities, dealt with parents’ divorces and affairs, battled eating disorders and substance abuse, shoplifted, fought, raved, and found dysfunctional, die-hard friendships. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025 Heard about my friends kissing, falling in love, losing their virginity. Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025 While the evidence that garters were being tossed on the dance floor in medieval times is lacking, there is a grain of truth to the idea that a bride’s virginity (and subsequent deflowering) has been an important part of a wedding’s framework since the beginning of weddings. Ivana Rihter, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024 The setup is simple: Four teenage boys plan to lose their virginity by taking a road trip to a Nevada brothel. Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for virginity
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Noun
  • By virtue of their ethical obligations to look out for the best interests of the company, a team’s in-house attorneys will generally be on guard for problematic practices and seek to correct them.
    Chris Deubert, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • For whatever reasons, De Niro once again misplaces his sense of American virtue.
    Armond White, National Review, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This combines excellent varietal purity with outstanding harmony.
    Tom Hyland, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Supplements certified for sport provide additional reassurance that the product has been tested and verified for quality, purity, and safety.
    Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Littlejohn maintained his innocence, though, claiming that his co-conspirator Glenn Bethany pulled the trigger.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2025
  • In November, Barrientos-Quintana — who always maintained his innocence and was never linked to the crime by any physical evidence — walked out of prison.
    Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In 2024, the Orland Park police station was named in his honor.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
  • That honor goes to the Hot Brown, a sandwich allegedly created to sustain and sober up boisterous, late-night dancing guests at Louisville’s Brown Hotel in 1926.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Back in South Korea, Son has rightly earned the status of a national hero and wears the lofty honor with admirable modesty.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • In the article Culpo makes a few comments about the modesty of her Dolce & Gabbana dress that rub some readers the wrong way, and the situation spirals into a full-on controversy.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025

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