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Meanings of virginal in английском
A legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Examples for "virginals"
Examples for "virginals"
1
Perhaps Shakespeare's young friend was the son of the player upon the virginals?
2
Playing her lute or virginals was forbidden, as were dancing and riding out in the park.
3
To this group belonged the virginal, or virginals, the clavicembalo, the harpsichord, or clavecin, and the spinet.
4
One thing though: just don't scare me again pretending to work witchcraft-witha virginals or any other way.
5
It sounded almost like some of those lovely Flemish virginals and it was possible to voice it quite quietly.
Usage of virginal in английском
1
The virginal heart of the girl was roused with a nameless terror.
2
He noted her virginal bosom heaving in a new and strange emotion.
3
The sand was virginal-nosign of Richard or of the dune buggy.
4
All this virginal freshness invites the primitive instincts of play and disorder.
5
It is a harpsichord, but the intonation is that of a virginal.
6
At each moment the contours of her virginal figure revealed fresh charms.
7
There was something cheeky and pre-adolescent about him- akindof virginal ferocity.
8
No portrait, it was said, ever did justice to her virginal beauty.
9
Balm for the eyes and ears of your own brother's virginal daughter!
10
Garrick took pride in their sumptuousness, in their immaculate, virginal splendour.
11
All her virginal and girlish loveliness was his for a mad moment; then-
12
And so the virginal instinct of self-defence carried her off swiftly and cleverly.
13
In her hard-working, virginal life her theories had wrought no mischief.
14
She did not make the startled virginal resistance of a girl.
15
She came in a soft, white gown that clung to her virginal figure.
16
No flowers, no organ, no feeling sweet and virginal in a long veil.
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Virginal through the time
Virginal across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common