maidenly in a sentence

Similarly Postumia, who though innocent according to Livy was tried for unchastity with suspicions being aroused through her immodest attire and less than maidenly manner.
The only achievement to be attained by a female servant was the difficult accomplishment of preserving her maidenly virtue while under the control of her employers.
She was described as a woman who " revelled in the realm of beauty, and crystallized her enthusiasm in graceful, sweet, maidenly verses.
Her " Fountain of Youth " figure, showing " the sweet tenderness, a maidenly lovliness " won a silver medal at the Expo.
She might be viewed as having broken the code of maidenly modesty of the period by imprudently offering up her affections without having had a firm assurance of future marriage.

Just 15, she was adorable, with doll features, a bold, maidenly air and what one critic called " her honey amber hair of remarkable texture ."
Republicans this year have professed maidenly outrage at AFL-CIO TV spots that " inform " voters GOP candidates are out to off the elderly and smother children in their beds.
In other paintings she holds or wears a red rose, symbol of the Tudor Dynasty's descent from the House of Lancaster, or white roses, symbols of the House of York and of maidenly chastity.
Florine Stettheimer's witty, deliriously beautiful canvases, which chronicled a weird maidenly life spent with her adored mother and sisters on New York's between-the-wars cultural front, were saved for posterity.
Of course, that's absurd, but I guess it's because of long years of training and the ideas that are instilled into girls'minds _ a maidenly austerity, which is hard to overcome ."

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