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Synonyms for gentle sex


Grammar : Noun



Définition of gentle sex

  • noun female sex
Example sentences :
  • He is greater, and will be loved more hereafter by the gentle sex.
  • Extract from : « Roundabout Papers » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Not so with the gentle sex—I say it in their praise; they cannot abide abruptness.
  • Extract from : « The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories » by Mark Twain
  • In writing of authors of the gentle sex, his ink-pot became a pot of honey.
  • Extract from : « The Dreamer » by Mary Newton Stanard
  • She was a sinewy bite of the gentle sex, but she had much flavour, and she gave nourishment.
  • Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Desirous always of pleasing, the gentle sex has ever sought to add to its charms by adorning itself with jewels.
  • Extract from : « Jewellery » by H. Clifford Smith,
  • An exploit truly worthy of the tender passion, and the gentle sex!
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction » by Various
  • He met a good many members of the gentle sex, but that was exclusively in a business way.
  • Extract from : « The Imported Bridegroom » by Abraham Cahan
  • Since that time I have been convinced that they of the gentle sex are girls from fifteen to eighty.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of a Thief » by Hutchins Hapgood
  • But take notice that these small deceits in the gentle sex are natural, and by no means immoral.
  • Extract from : « An Old Meerschaum » by David Christie Murray
  • He had an eye for the gentle sex even when their fairness was disguised by dirty pinafores and stiff pigtails.
  • Extract from : « Explorers of the Dawn » by Mazo de la Roche

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