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Adrien doesn't want to scare Manu away by insisting priggishly on monogamy, and doesn't even ask for sex.
The Witnesses by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Too many valiant officers in World War I tragically incarnated Tennyson's words "Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why; Theirs but to do and die," priggishly leading their troops in hopeless assaults on enemy lines.
Duty at all costs by Clifford, George M., III / Naval War College Review
I agree that it's bad manners not to give even a loony tune a respectful hearing, though it's not nearly such bad manners as priggishly informing someone who has just suffered a grievous injury that it's his own damn fault --even if it were his fault.
Cranks & cliches. (The media) by Bowman, James / New Criterion
 
 
 
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