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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Sarah's no prude , but she thought some of the sex scenes were quite shocking.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alvin was fastidious and even a bit of a prude .
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Eline didn't think of herself as a prude but it was clear that Sarah held virtue very lightly indeed.
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In the inevitable lecture series that followed, few would be intrigued by a grossly overweight, fortyish prude .
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Marriage, that desiccated, pedantic, self-satisfied prude .
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Possibly I was being a bit of a prude .