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as in unmarried
never having had sexual relations a virginal girl who would not permit any liberties to be taken with her body

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Recent Examples of virginal Depp goes beyond Ellen’s virginal purity to complicate our understanding of this character’s relationship to darkness — how she is at once disturbed by and deeply intimate with it. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024 The film treats Ryder’s Beth as the evil hag witch who the virginal hard worker Nina has to beat to achieve her dreams, and Ryder plays that role with relish and gusto. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024 That’s because our immune systems are no longer so virginal to the SARS-CoV-2, given previous exposure to its spike proteins via vaccination or natural infection. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024 Forestis, Dolomites, Italy The roots of Forestis reach back to the 1910s, when the Austro-Hungarian monarchy began building a healing sanatorium amid the thick, virginal forest and mountain views of the Dolomites in northeastern Italy, now a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site. Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for virginal
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Adjective
  • Light pollution is the enemy of dark skies, and Teton County’s small, low light-impact communities help keep night skies pristine.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2025
  • Brimming with tiny hummingbirds and mighty bison alike, the North Rim is a living reminder of the Grand Canyon of yore, immersing guests into the pristine habitats that were once widespread across the western United States.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Adjective
  • Under California law, if an unmarried person with a child dies without a will, the courts designate the child as the sole heir.
    Judy Lagrou, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2025
  • What To Know James, who was born in Brooklyn and is unmarried, filed the civil fraud lawsuit against Trump and the Trump Organization in October 2023.
    Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Transform any rejection into pure business motivation and wins.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • When something appears that stems from a pure love of music, inevitably, the existing structures begin to crumble.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • The problem was that The Line perhaps wasn’t being built on virgin land after all.
    James Montague, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • Because of the long fermentation, the restaurant can craft soft and airy dough without sugar, using nothing but 100% Italian flours, high-quality extra virgin olive oil, salt, and water.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • The rooms are immaculate but lifeless, albeit with a surfeit of gold leaf.
    Peter Rutland, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
  • Monica and Joey had immaculate vibes in the pods, and that bubbly energy never really went away.
    Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • With inflation lingering, labor costs rising, and potential tariffs threatening imports — 15% of the U.S. food supply is imported, including 32% of fresh vegetables, 55% of fresh fruit, and 94% of seafood — the cost of putting food on the table is surging.
    Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • The producers of the Peppa Pig series promise fresh storylines and new characters after the family has grown to five members with Evie’s arrival.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • In the last two months, his league form has been solid, with his maiden goal for the club against Real Sociedad in March followed by an assist for Lopez’s winner at Real Valladolid this month.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • The company's second Icon Class ship, Star of the Seas, is scheduled to set sail on its maiden voyage in August 2025, followed by the third ship, Legend of the Seas, which will launch in Europe in summer 2026.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Our Lady was chaste, willingly, willfully passive, untainted by the grottiness of ordinary life.
    Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
  • Some medieval and Renaissance artists, for example, portrayed Mary breast-feeding the infant Jesus at a chaste distance, such that the milk spurts of its own accord into his mouth.
    S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Virginal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virginal. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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