How to Use virginity in a Sentence

virginity

noun
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  • One more time for the people in the back: The hymen does not equate to virginity!
    — SELF, 25 Feb. 2022
  • First things first: there is no right or wrong age to lose your virginity.
    — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 29 Oct. 2018
  • Four best friends vow to lose their virginity by prom night.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Lisa, Hunter and Mitchell learn that their teenage daughters plan to lose their virginity on prom night.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The boys ran wildly around the playground where Rafi had lost his virginity.
    — Nicole Krauss, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2020
  • In the first episode, Chad decides the best way to kick off his freshman year is by telling classmates that he's lost his virginity.
    — Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Just as Léa groomed the teen-age Chéri, so this depraved maman taught Bertrand to swim, fed him hearty meals, and took his virginity.
    — Michael Lapointe, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Iris tries to figure out the reason for Ben’s virginity, but can’t.
    — Clare Sestanovich, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020
  • Blockers is a tale of two trios: three teenage girls who make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night and three parents who are out to stop them.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Okay, what is this?' Because Rob [Kelly] is the one who took my virginity.
    — Sydney Scott, Essence.com, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Losing my virginity was quick and for the most part painless.
    — Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Jaime even planned to lose her virginity at prom, which was foiled when her date got sick from drinking too much coffee.
    — Marie Lodi, The Cut, 18 June 2018
  • Kaleb is putting extreme pressure on Jazmine to give up her virginity, but Calvin comes in and rains on their parade.
    — Nina Zafar, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Hymen surgery and virginity testing have been available in the US for years.
    — Neda Taghinejadi, Wired, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Like losing your virginity and coping with a friend’s suicide (although not all on the same day — or in the same story).
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In 2020, a cross-party group of MPs called on the UK government to ban virginity testing.
    — Alice Broster, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • In the second episode, it’s revealed that Belly loses her virginity to Conrad by the fireplace in the house at Cousins Beach after the snow at the beach scene.
    — Rachel Seo, Variety, 15 July 2023
  • Jane was around 13 or 14 when Kelly took her virginity, Julien said.
    — Sonia Moghe, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Not once but twice she is given a virginity test (offstage, but still . .
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2017
  • The film cannily works on two tracks, as its story follows three teenage girls with a plan to lose their virginity on their prom night.
    — Mark Olsen, latimes.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Aura, the goddess of cold days, once suggested that her beauty and virginity on a par with those of Artemis.
    — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Janet and Brad are put in separate rooms and both are seduced in the night by a shapeshifting Frank – in Janet's case, losing her virginity.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2020
  • In January, the top court for Punjab province banned the use of virginity tests in rape cases there.
    — Saeed Shah, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The polyphenols are responsible for the longevity of the extra virginity of the oil, and are also responsible for the smell and taste of the oil.
    — Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 21 May 2021
  • My virginity is something that has already been talked about way too much.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • This was perhaps meant in the folk tradition as a word of gentle caution about the shame of losing virginity.
    — Rachel Syme, New Republic, 3 Nov. 2017
  • But despite all the hype, Colton has maintained that his virginity is really not a big deal.
    — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 8 Jan. 2019
  • There’s a bumbling if earnest ex-con (Stephen Merchant) and a dorky teenager hoping to lose his virginity (Tony Revolori).
    — Stephanie Merry, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2017
  • Everyone layers their shirts in a way that suggests virginity and the year 2008.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 25 June 2021
  • Donna lost her virginity to her long-time boyfriend David (Brian Austin Green) on her last night of college in season 7.
    — Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023

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