Example sentences for: maiden

How can you use “maiden” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 1. The word ` almah which appears in Isaiah 7:14 can be translated `young woman' or `maiden' or `woman of marriageable age.

  • He has cast himself as a prankish Jew who wins the heart of a pretty maiden (Nicoletta Braschi); fathers a cute, skinny boy; and gets carted off by the Nazis to a death camp.

  • In Ghana, where President Clinton stopped Monday at the start of his six nation African tour, the Daily Graphic called this maiden visit to the country by a U.S. president "a victory for all Ghanaians, irrespective of political belief and social status or other criteria."

  • ' The English word virgin itself comes from the Latin virgo , which can mean `virgin,' `maiden,' or `young woman' and which reflects the same ambiguity as the other languages.

  • According to Ovid, when Zeus first saw this nymph, he said, "Maiden, you are fit for [Zeus] himself to love, and will make someone divinely happy when you share his couch."


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