prudish

How To Use prudish In A Sentence

• I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.
• What likewise astonishes is how Victorian, prudish, and ultra-conservative in thought most of us really are despite the claim to modernity and non-traditionalism.
• This persecution heralds the rise of the hate-mongering wolf dressed up in the sheep's skin of sexual prudishness.
• He points to the UK where, despite a generally prudish approach, underage pregnancies are rife.
• I don't consider myself prudish but I do think the sex scenes in the film were a bit excessive.
• It's not that Paul swears a lot or that I'm prudish about bad language, it's just a surprise to see his glossy showman veneer crack a little.
• Mr S was very prudish and old-fashioned in thinking he could shield his children from his playboy reputation.
• The most savoury of the paintings (if I can use that word without coming across as prudish) are a series of nudes done from life in South Africa.
• Two decades after government-imposed prudishness ended with the Soviet collapse, Russians still shy away from embracing European-style sexual mores.
• He was religious and prudish, which is one of the main reasons why the novels of his era do not feature any sex.