PURITANICAL in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PURITANICAL, such as:
1. Bykov had forgotten that Malinin was something of a puritan.
2. Despite his apparent liberal views, he's really something of a puritan/he has a puritan streak.
3. She is a heavy, solid person, very limited, intensely respectable, and inclined to be puritanical.
2. Despite his apparent liberal views, he's really something of a puritan/he has a puritan streak.
3. She is a heavy, solid person, very limited, intensely respectable, and inclined to be puritanical.
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Meanings and Examples of PURITANICAL
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puritanical
a. exaggeratedly proper
a. morally rigorous and strict
Classic Sentence:
1 She is a heavy, solid person, very limited, intensely respectable, and inclined to be puritanical.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
2 The spell that she had thrown over him in the moonlight dance made it impossible for a man having no strong puritanic force within him to keep away altogether.
Example Sentence:
1 Despite his apparent liberal views, he's really something of a puritan/he has a puritan streak.
2 Bykov had forgotten that Malinin was something of a puritan.
3 Dustan has a record of switching sides when convenient, and there are many Taliban supporters who would do likewise if the fortunes of the puritan militia are on the decline.