How to Use maiden in a Sentence

maiden

1 of 2 noun

• Horse looks like could be a nice one; big maiden win in last.
  — Michael Beychok, NOLA.com, 4 Feb. 2021
• No maiden has ever made it out alive, but Lia has trained for this.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
• There are three allowance races and two maiden special weights.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2021
• Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, but faint heart never won fair maiden.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 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
• This was his sixth race, having won a maiden claiming race two races before this.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2020
• The gallant knight charging to rescue the maiden from the scaly beast.
  — David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021
• Further research brought us to the shield maidens known as the Valkyries.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2024
• Broke his maiden against open company then caught a sloppy track.
  — Star Tribune, 25 May 2021
• Both had strong maiden seasons as the starter, though neither took the Pack to the playoffs.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
• 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
• Christ pulls him out of a tiny hole, like a gallant medieval knight rescuing a maiden in distress.
  — Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
• Others say a maiden forgot to stop a well from overflowing the kingdom.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 Aug. 2022
• The helicopter’s maiden flight was a pretty low-weight affair.
  — Mike Wehner, BGR, 21 Apr. 2021
• 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 court maidens this year are Kennedy Kuntz and Sidney Hoover.
  — Patrick Damp, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
• 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
• Its maiden run was a 1,600-person day cruise in the North Sea.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2020
• 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
• Over the last two months, Amazon engineers have put their maiden satellites through a battery of tests.
  — Matt Day, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Native Charm Broke maiden on turf and returns to that surface in 3rd-off layoff.
  — Reina Kempt, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2021
• There have been several other maiden wins at the Hungaroring.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2025
• Instead, the crew followed a single Laysan albatross chick for six weeks and captured the seabird's maiden flight.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 18 June 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
• 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
• The other uncorked one of the most impressive maiden wins at Gulfstream Park in many seasons.
  — Tom Jicha, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Apr. 2022
• SpaceX is gearing up to launch the first super heavy/Starship on an unpiloted maiden test fight around Earth.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2023

maiden

2 of 2 adjective

• This one made a wrong turn and got stranded on its maiden flight.
  — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
• Everything is ready for the first engine run and the maiden flight.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
• Ocelli is winless in six starts, with his best showing a second in a maiden race last year.
  — Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
• Only a handful of styles were made for the maiden collection.
  — Bianca Salonga, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• My maiden visit came with my mum and dad in 1982 as a ninth birthday treat.
  — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• Others were on their maiden voyage, looking to make an impact at the state level.
  — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 26 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
• That often, but not always, suggests a smooth maiden voyage.
  — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 1 Mar. 2026
• The Tesla was airborne for just a few seconds, but its maiden flight went viral.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
• Kellaway made his maiden first-class century at the second time of asking.
  — Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• During the maiden flight, Proteus followed a short test profile.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Jan. 2026
• When the Senators reached the playoffs last spring, that was also his maiden voyage.
  — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
• The exception to this will be the maiden voyage, which is five nights and sets sail July 14.
  — Megan Dubois, Chron, 14 July 2022
• The current target for the maiden season is 2029.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2025
• Both drivers will be looking to grab as many points as possible in their quest for a maiden drivers’ championship.
  — Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• Taiba broke onto the scene with a maiden win by 7½ lengths at Santa Anita.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2022
• Noskova, 21, beat five seeded players en route to her maiden Slam title.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
• Al Reem was launched earlier this year, but has only just begun her maiden season in the Aegean.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2025
• 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
• On our April Mediterranean sailing—he ship’s third since its maiden voyage—the manifest ran the gamut.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
• The fourth member of the crew, Canadian Jeremy Hansen, will be on his maiden flight.
  — The Week, TheWeek, 7 Jan. 2026
• Sainz’s maiden win with Ferrari came in 2022 at the British Grand Prix.
  — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
• The maiden flight, expected later this year in Germany, will serve as a crucial benchmark for the program.
  — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026
• Rai struggled early in his round as a cavalcade of other golfers stood between him and his maiden major championship.
  — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
• Gonzalez fouled Brunson once but otherwise held up respectably against the Knicks star in his maiden shift.
  — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
• 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
• Either would be final favorite as Atletico and Arsenal both seek their maiden crown.
  — Greg Cote may 3, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
• Pyka said DropShip completed its maiden flight just six months after the program launched.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
• Two more prized 2-year-old colts from the Baffert stable ran 1-2 Saturday in a maiden race.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
• The post also confirmed that China plans to reuse the maiden flight’s booster in another flight later this year.
  — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 July 2026