How to Use maiden in a Sentence

maiden

1 of 2 noun

• Its maiden run was a 1,600-person day cruise in the North Sea.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2020
• Further research brought us to the shield maidens known as the Valkyries.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2024
• Horse looks like could be a nice one; big maiden win in last.
  — Michael Beychok, NOLA.com, 4 Feb. 2021
• The gallant knight charging to rescue the maiden from the scaly beast.
  — David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021
• Her name is Princess Astrid, and the knight was ready to declare his love for the fair maiden this very day.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2023
• Both had strong maiden seasons as the starter, though neither took the Pack to the playoffs.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
• Today’s card isn’t the best of the meet with cheap claimers and maiden claimers taking up the majority of the card.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
• The planet of love is entering the sign of the maiden on October 2, and things are about to get... messy.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• The company will perform the classic tale of the fair maiden's battle against the wicked queen.
  — Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2023
• The imagery is unmistakable and centuries old: the brute and the maiden.
  — Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
• In the eighth race finale, trainer Steve Miyadi has a pair of first time starters in the maiden claiming event.
  — Jeff Nahill, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2021
• There is one stakes, which is a two-barn race, there are three allowance races and one maiden special.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2021
• Money Moves did not race as a 2-year-old and broke his maiden first time out on Feb. 15 at Gulfstream.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 31 Aug. 2020
• On 24th August, the sun will enter the sign of the maiden, and Virgo season will commence.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 21 Aug. 2022
• Still a maiden in three starts but third in BC Juvenile.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2020
• Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, but faint heart never won fair maiden.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
• In Pence’s telling, the nation is akin to an innocent maiden in the silent movies who keeps getting tied to the railroad tracks.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 27 Aug. 2020
• There are three allowance-type races and one maiden special.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2021
• There are three allowance races and two maiden special weights.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2021
• As the unicorn slumbers, the maiden starts to sob, and men descend on the sleeping beast, slaying and seizing its body.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
• Armagnac broke his maiden in his last race at this distance.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2022
• Charge It, stepping up from a blowout maiden score, is also rated at 7-2 from stall 6.
  — Tom Jicha, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• This was his sixth race, having won a maiden claiming race two races before this.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2020
• He’s run two races, winning his maiden and then finishing third in the Echo Eddie.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2021
• Others say a maiden forgot to stop a well from overflowing the kingdom.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 Aug. 2022
• It’s about a cow herder who falls in love with a celestial maiden, and when they are caught they are separated by the Milky Way.
  — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
• Goerke sang one of her signature roles, the warrior-maiden Brünnhilde.
  — Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2021
• Native Charm Broke maiden on turf and returns to that surface in 3rd-off layoff.
  — Reina Kempt, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2021
• Chloe’s Dream, a 3-year-old gelding, was pulled up in the second race for maidens, vanned off and then euthanized.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
• Courtship unfolds the old-fashioned way, by winning not only the heart of the fair maiden but of her court — her parents, siblings and even her best friend.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2022

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maiden

2 of 2 adjective

• Sainz’s maiden win with Ferrari came in 2022 at the British Grand Prix.
  — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
• This one made a wrong turn and got stranded on its maiden flight.
  — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
• The maiden voyage took 4½ months as the Cooperstown stopped at five ports along the way.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• The launch window for the Terran 1’s maiden voyage opens at 1 p.m. EST.
  — Eric MacK, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• Dear Amy: The trend of women keeping their maiden names as their last names may have peaked.
  — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2022
• The exception to this will be the maiden voyage, which is five nights and sets sail July 14.
  — Megan Dubois, Chron, 14 July 2022
• For the second straight day, a Bob Baffert trained 2-year-old triumphed in a maiden special race.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
• Tie the Subaru’s maiden voyage was in late August 2021.
  — Jake Blount, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2022
• The Vasa, a 17-century Swedish ship, sunk on its maiden voyage out of the Stockholm harbor.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2022
• After completion, the plane made its maiden flight in 1988.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
• The payload for the maiden flight could be the first batch of the Starlink 2.0 satellites which have already been delivered to Starbase.
  — Mihir Tripathy, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2022
• The Tesla was airborne for just a few seconds, but its maiden flight went viral.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
• The same techniques were used to study the Vasa, a Swedish warship that went down on its maiden voyage in 1628, just two years after the Sparrow-Hawk wrecked.
  — CBS News, 11 Mar. 2022
• Taiba broke onto the scene with a maiden win by 7½ lengths at Santa Anita.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2022
• Not unlike the maiden voyage of the Titanic in 1912, the Titan excursion promised to be a once-in-a-lifetime thrill.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
• And the wheel kept on turning, making its maiden voyage to America in 2016.
  — Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022
• An epic romance set against the backdrop of the R.M.S. Titanic's doomed maiden voyage.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 26 Jan. 2023
• It's been 110 years since the Titanic sank into the Atlantic during the ship's maiden voyage.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2022
• Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas is breaking even more records ahead of its maiden voyage this month.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
• In 1628, the Swedish warship keeled over and sank just minutes after setting sail on its maiden voyage.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
• Others were on their maiden voyage, looking to make an impact at the state level.
  — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2023
• The Princess Sophia was built in Scotland and launched in 1911, with its maiden voyage a year later after outfitting.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
• The mere idea of going from maiden race to Kentucky Derby in the span of two months is so audacious that most owners and trainers wouldn’t even try.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 6 May 2022
• The vessel was a sister ship to the Vasa, which capsized on its maiden voyage and is on display in a Stockholm museum.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Oct. 2022
• Vega C is counting down to its maiden flight in early July.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 July 2022
• Hours later the luxury liner’s maiden voyage would end abruptly and claim the lives of more than 1,500 people.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
• In the days prior to the maiden voyage, the eaglet had been approaching the edge of the nest and hovering for a few seconds before dropping back onto a perch.
  — Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
• The Strauses were among first-class passengers aboard the Titanic on its maiden voyage.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 22 June 2023
• But rollback is a last resort, a move that likely would delay the rocket's maiden flight by several more weeks.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2022
• The Falcon 9's first stage completed its maiden flight with an on-target landing on an off-shore droneship.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024