puritanical in English
The other great influence on Lane's life was his mother's puritanical religious convictions.
Use "puritanical" in a sentence
1. Those joyless, puritanical bastards.
2. There'sa puritanical side to me.
3. He rebelled against his puritanical upbringing.
4. She is very puritanical about sex.
5. A "bluenose" is a strict, puritanical person.
6. He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.
7. She was anything but puritanical in her behavior.
8. The atmosphere at the school was oppressively puritanical.
9. Americans tend to be more puritanical than Europeans.
10. 1 The atmosphere at the school was oppressively puritanical.
11. Now you are coming over all puritanical about nothing.
12. In contrast, men such as Rockefeller and Ford exhibited puritanical qualities.
13. He became more puritanical, searching my room and handbag regularly.
14. Their parents had a puritanical streak and didn't approve of dancing.
15. Mixed with this sincerity, there is a definite puritanical streak in Asoka's character
16. This puritanical, megalithic masonry was the chosen style of Muhammed bin Tughluk.
17. Bluenose definition: a puritanical or prudish person Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
18. Despite his young age, he had a reputation at court for puritanical austerity.
19. The latest research suggests a more prosaic, democratic, even puritanical view of the world.
20. The social norms of native Saudis have the external appearance of puritanical Islamic practice.
21. If anything, pentecostals are generally viewed as being more puritanical than other women, not more promiscuous.
22. Dawkins's Biomorph Land was a fertile, but puritanical, place that hadn't a hint of sex.
23. Money is the root of all evil, dictates the puritanical thought of the Old Age.
24. This isn’t to say, however, that Bluestockings is any sort of puritanical, anti-substance, crunchy granola store
25. A puritanical person: "Bluenoses demand restraint against the porn and violence that are the staple of popular culture"
26. LaLanne had added a new dimension to the diet gurus' puritanical quest for spiritual salvation through the body: exercise.
27. The attitude many people have toward abortion is part of what Moore calls a puritanical streak in the United States.
28. Another possible cause of vaginismus is a strict and puritanical upbringing that teaches a girl to consider sex dirty or evil.
29. A puritanical person: "Bluenoses demand restraint against the porn and violence that are the staple of popular culture" (Charles Krauthammer)
30. Almohade definition: a member of a group of puritanical Muslims , originally Berbers , who arose in S Morocco Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
31. Most enjoyed the luxury of employing a cleaner to do their housework but a few took a puritanical delight in doing their own.
32. It had its origins in the puritanical sect founded by Ibn Tumart Ibn Tumart, c.1080–1130, Berber Muslim religious leader, founder of the Almohads.
33. The 'Boors' are four merchants of Venice, who represent the old conservative, puritanical tradition of the Venetian middle classes, who are pitted against Venice's "new
34. Taylor declined the offer, but was otherwise eager to marry young, as her "rather puritanical upbringing and beliefs" made her believe that "love was synonymous with marriage".
35. Austerely Sentence Examples It is quite certain that Bunyan was, at eighteen, what, in any but the most Austerely puritanical circles, would have been considered as a young man of singular gravity and …
36. Almohads (ăl`məhădz), Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled Morocco and Spain in the 12th and 13th cent.It had its origins in the puritanical sect founded by Ibn Tumart Ibn Tumart, c.1080–1130, Berber Muslim religious leader, founder of the Almohads.
37. Almohad (ˈælməˌhæd) / (ˈælməˌheɪd, -ˌheɪdiː) / noun plural -hades or -hads a member of a group of puritanical Muslims, originally Berbers, who arose in S Morocco in the 12th century as a reaction …
38. ALMOHADS (Arab.Al-Muwaḥḥhidūn; "Those who Advocate the Unity of Allah"), Moroccan Berbers from Tinmel in the Atlas Mountains.Like their predecessors, the *Almoravids (al-Murabitūn), who ruled major areas of the Maghreb and Muslim Spain, the Almohads comprised a confederation of local Berber tribes.The Almohads were influenced by puritanical notions of Islam to even a greater degree than