Example sentences for: maiden

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

  • I'm assuming this is some misguided attempt to preserve my individuality, but if that were my goal I would have kept my maiden name.

  • Halifax (West Yorkshire) does not mean holy hair, traditionally referring to some martyred maiden, but probably nook of land with coarse grass, the first part of the name representing Old English halh (related to modern hole and hollow ), and the hair in this case being long, straggly grass.

  • On Wan Chai’s Bowen Road, Maiden’s Rock, also called Lover’s Rock, is the gathering place for the annual Maiden’s festival.

  • Lewis confirmed that this meaning was precisely the one intended, and said that, as far as he knew, his use of it in the New Republic marked this proper noun's maiden voyage as an adjective.

  • Burne-Jones prefers stasis to activity; he likes to paint people asleep, turned into stone or trees, or chained up (like the maiden waiting to see if the dragon or King George gets there first).


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