Sentence examples for to chastity from inspiring English sources

"Such measures do not lead to chastity in society," the petition said.

The heroine, Sylvia, is a huntress nymph pledged to the goddess Diana — that is, to chastity.

This is cognate with her moral inclination to chastity in the face of masculine concupiscence.

That's when a sense of isolation can set in, she said, and erode one's devotion to chastity.

The Mormons' adherence to chastity and clean-cut family values has been mocked in a hit musical.

He sketched a dozen virtues, from temperance to chastity ("Rarely use venery but for health or offspring," he wrote).

A: Baha'u'llah exhorts all the peoples of the world to true chastity: to seeing all men and women with an eye of pure respect and love as if they were our brothers and sisters (which they absolutely are).

Shortly thereafter, now baptized, he broke off his engagement to marry, resigned his professorship, vowed himself to perpetual chastity, and determined to return to Africa and found a monastic community.

"Contrary to popular belief, women often elected to wear chastity belts – rather than being forced to by untrusting or fearful husbands – to protect themselves against harassment and unwelcome advances".

Layla's parents send Majnun away and marry her off to a nice man, who, however, dies when Layla refuses to forfeit her chastity to him.

The conservative narrative, by contrast, argues that it's more important to promote chastity, monogamy and fidelity than to worry about whether there's a prophylactic in every bedroom drawer or bathroom cabinet.