(a.) Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.
(v. t.) To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.
Example Sentences:
(1) Her maiden speech in parliament celebrated the diversity of her beloved Yorkshire constituency, and passionately made the case that there is more that unites us than divides us.
(2) In case you've managed to avoid gatherings where it's been discussed (which is a long shot, but perhaps your friends are hard, angry, silent drinkers, in which case, you've got lucky), this involves combining the name of your first pet with your mother's maiden name to create the pseudonym you'd use if you were a porn star.
(3) Restricted franchise in EU referendum would make a mockery of democracy | Letters Read more My own interest in this matter goes back many years – including devoting my maiden speech in the House of Commons in 2001 to the case for lowering the voting age to 16 across the board.
(4) Breakthrough as US and China agree to ratify Paris climate deal Read more The prime minister used her maiden speech at the United Nations in New York to say the UK remained determined to “play our part in the international effort against climate change … In a demonstration of our commitment to the agreement reached in Paris, the UK will start its domestic procedures to enable ratification of the Paris agreement and complete these before the end of the year,” she said.
(5) Experiences in practice in an area with a high infection rate have shown an obvious protection in 700 maiden heifers.
(6) Search options include an individual veteran's name (either maiden or married) and section, location or building choices.
(7) He is the third major summer recruit for Bilic before West Ham’s maiden season at the Olympic Stadium following the arrivals of the midfielder Havard Nordtveit and the Algerian international winger Sofiane Feghouli .
(8) That's been good for small towns like Maiden, which has sold itself to tech companies as a "data centre corridor" by offering cheap electricity.
(9) It prompted him to field nine changes, giving debuts to Seb Lletget, Danny Whitehead and Callum Driver, with George Moncur making a maiden start.
(10) He joined the upper house and made his maiden speech, another clue to the future Cantuar.
(11) After the wedding, she found herself at the receiving end of good ol’ southern disapproval when she decided to keep her maiden name – an act that was seen as virtually seditious in unreconstructed 1970s Arkansas.
(12) • You can invest in a co-operative formed to help finance the restoration and regeneration of Unity Hall in Wakefield , which, during its lifetime, has hosted everything from silent movies to gigs by Bauhaus, Captain Beefheart, the Human League and Iron Maiden, among others.
(13) Talking og maidens, here's Ravi Nair confiding in us: "You asked for our worst defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory stories so maybe this'll make you feel better.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mhairi Black gives her maiden speech Students and other young people on Twitter and Tumblr said they were inspired by Black’s age and example.
(15) Murray earned $1.9m (£1.1m) for his maiden major victory to go with career earnings of $21.5m (£13.4m) and is worth £24m through endorsements and prize-money; Perry turned pro after beating Budge and made much more through his famous shirts than he ever did with a tennis racket.
(16) Between 1982 and 1985, 1015 mares were evaluated using the following parameters: age, mare status (maiden, barren, lactating), Caslick index, Caslick operation, ovarian cycle, ovarian and follicular size, treatments (hCG and intrauterine infusions), number of ovulations after mating (184 mares), number of conceptuses present, dimensions of embryonic vesicles, and pregnancy status 45 days after mating.
(17) Nine galleries narrate the tale, from context-setting in boomtown early 1900s Belfast, through construction and fitting-out, all the way to the launch and catastrophic maiden voyage.
(18) The brothers moved in different circles; the elder is a self-confessed “metalhead” who had been to the Manchester arena to watch Iron Maiden a week before Martyn – a Coronation Street superfan described by one friend as a “one-man hen party” – went to see Ariana Grande.
(19) Grainge was bullish that the enforced asset sale – which will include EMI operations in nine European countries and labels such as Chrysalis, Mute and Sanctuary, home to artists including Spandau Ballet, Depeche Mode and Iron Maiden respectively – will draw premium bids and that Universal will not lose out by offloading them.
(20) Tracing would be easier and less expensive if standard identifying information, including maiden name, social security number, and date of birth, were included in the medical records for all women.
Maidenhead
Definition:
(n.) The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity.
(n.) The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity.
(n.) The hymen, or virginal membrane.
Example Sentences:
(1) Official papers released at the Public Records Office in Kew last year explained how Mr Simpson covered for his wife's adultery and took responsibility for the failure of the marriage by arranging to be found with a woman in a bedroom of a hotel in Maidenhead.
(2) Mrs Turney, who lives near Maidenhead, Berkshire, downloaded a model complaint letter from a website after watching a TV documentary about bank charges.
(3) "It wasn't as successful as we hoped," he said at the headquarters of Intuit, a financial software and services firm, in Maidenhead.
(4) It would be nice to see my old mate Michael Parkinson there but he doesn't come to games any more - he lives down near Maidenhead and supports Reading these days.
(5) The events surrounding his doomed bid were the subject of the BBC documentary called Campaign Confessions: Losing My Maidenhead.
(6) OS Map: Explorer OL6 – Lake District: south-western area Henley-on-Thames to Maidenhead Chilterns Cliveden estate along the Thames Path national trail, Buckinghamshire.
(7) The 24-year-old, from Maidenhead in Berkshire, who has cerebral palsy, also secured a British Paralympic record 11 medals in one Games for the equestrian team.
(8) Pumping hope into the economy is now considered worth alienating every Conservative council and MP whose voters live under the flightpath of planes using the new runway, including Mrs May’s own Maidenhead constituents.
(9) But hey, I grew up in maidenhead, so what do I know?
(10) In Windsor and Maidenhead, the attainment gap between white British pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) is around 12 percentage points, whereas in nearby West Berkshire it’s 33 percentage points.
(11) She also voiced concern about how local groups would cope with extra demands, saying grants to the voluntary sector had been frozen for the last five years in Windsor and Maidenhead and an expected "performance reward grant" of £100,000 for increasing volunteer numbers was likely to be halved or removed completely.
(12) "This year's formula grant – the main general grant from government to local authorities – was on average £300 per head more in the north-east than the south-east with Newcastle receiving £653 per head, compared for example to £150 per head in Windsor and Maidenhead.
(13) In Windsor and Maidenhead the Conservative council leader, David Burbage, was more forthcoming.
(14) Grammar schools attract considerable support from Maidenhead families.
(15) The carbonised reek of the weekend barbecue was unknown, except in the riverside gin palaces of Maidenhead and Bray.
(16) Let’s be clear, the 0.7% commitment remains and will remain,” she said during a factory visit in her Maidenhead constituency.
(17) AbbVie operates in Britain out of Maidenhead, Berkshire.
(18) Dr Jonathan Romain, of Maidenhead synagogue, said: "I am totally sympathetic to the black depression that overtakes those who commit suicide, and certainly want to prevent any future ones, but Clarkson has done everyone a favour by saying out aloud that, while people have the right to end their lives, they should not do so in a way that scars others.
(19) Billy bookcases and the definitive meatball – inside the new Ikea museum Read more Rory Firth, 40, from Maidenhead, said: “It was just bedlam.
(20) Staff who have worked on the preparatory stages have described it as an "unbelievable" engineering challenge, which stretches from Maidenhead on the western fringes of London through the centre of the capital to Canary Wharf in the Docklands and Shenfield in Essex.