Example Sentences

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Perhaps it occurred to Lady Theobald that the contrast of English reserve and maidenliness with the free-and-easy manners of young women from Nevada might lead to some good result.

From A Fair Barbarian by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Was it maidenliness in the waning woman of five-and-forty?

From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George

Sylvia moved away a little with an involuntary motion, which was pure maidenliness.

From Pembroke A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

For there is a maidenliness in sorrow, that wraps her garments close around her.—But he was not to be seen; the door of the study was locked.

From Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 by MacDonald, George

Sir Ralf observed that the young lady showed a comely shamefast maidenliness, and therewith bowed himself out of the room.

From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Yonge, Charlotte Mary