How to Use virginity in a Sentence

virginity

noun
  • One more time for the people in the back: The hymen does not equate to virginity!
    SELF, 25 Feb. 2022
  • My friends were losing their virginities and my life was on hold.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 29 June 2024
  • 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
  • As part of the film’s satire of/homage to ’80s teen comedies, Lisa is focused on losing her virginity to the right guy.
    Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • Wilson writes about being a late bloomer who lost her virginity at 35 and had her first orgasm (alone) at age 39.
    Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • As Silence, Hayley Sanz is a ray of light, at first exuding the bravado of a teenage boy about to lose his virginity.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024
  • 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
  • There is a scene where an older teenage girl loses her virginity, but again, this is not shown on camera.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 8 Aug. 2024
  • 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

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