MAIDEN in a Sentence
Learn MAIDEN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
130 example sentences for MAIDEN, such as:
1. The ship will start its maiden voyage next Monday.
2. A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.
3. Several maidens were invited to attend her wedding.
4. In the story, the prince woos and wins the fair maiden.
5. Such usage shalt thou have as was once thought good enough for a noble Saxon maiden.
2. A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.
3. Several maidens were invited to attend her wedding.
4. In the story, the prince woos and wins the fair maiden.
5. Such usage shalt thou have as was once thought good enough for a noble Saxon maiden.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of MAIDEN
Definitions: Search Google Search M.Webster
maiden
n. (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
a. serving to set in motion
Classic Sentence: (125 in 9 pages)
1 The travel-stained adventurers gazed after her in astonishment, and even the unemotional Indians, journeying in with their pelties, relaxed their accustomed stoicism as they marvelled at the beauty of the pale-faced maiden.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
2 "It will be for the maiden to decide," rejoined young Drebber, smirking at his own reflection in the glass.
3 In their eyes this competition between them for the maiden's hand was the highest of honours both to her and her father.
4 There was no living creature near the remains of the fire: animals, man, maiden, all were gone.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
5 And I am myself to be judge," said the Templar, "and am only to be convicted on my own admission, that I have seen no maiden so beautiful since Pentecost was a twelvemonth.
6 He only replied, "Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion."
7 These locks were braided with gems, and, being worn at full length, intimated the noble birth and free-born condition of the maiden.
8 I am not wont to be baffled in my enterprises, nor needs a Norman noble scrupulously to vindicate his conduct to the Saxon maiden whom he distinguishes by the offer of his hand.
9 He paced the apartment to and fro, now vainly exhorting the terrified maiden to compose herself, now hesitating concerning his own line of conduct.
10 Such usage shalt thou have as was once thought good enough for a noble Saxon maiden.
11 It were sin to doubt it, maiden," replied Ivanhoe; "and I repose myself on thy skill without further scruple or question, well trusting you will enable me to bear my corslet on the eighth day.
12 Be it so, kind maiden," said Ivanhoe; "I were most ungrateful to dispute thy commands.
13 He calls me DEAR Rebecca," said the maiden to herself, "but it is in the cold and careless tone which ill suits the word.
14 My mind, gentle maiden," continued Ivanhoe, "is more disturbed by anxiety, than my body with pain.
15 Thou art no Christian, Rebecca; and to thee are unknown those high feelings which swell the bosom of a noble maiden when her lover hath done some deed of emprize which sanctions his flame.
Example Sentence:
1 The ship will start its maiden voyage next Monday.
2 Over the next few weeks, the plants' maiden blossoms will proliferate and form clusters, most noticeably at the branch tips.
3 A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.
4 In the story, the prince woos and wins the fair maiden.
5 Several maidens were invited to attend her wedding.