How to Use maiden in a Sentence

maiden

1 of 2 noun
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  • Its maiden run was a 1,600-person day cruise in the North Sea.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Further research brought us to the shield maidens known as the Valkyries.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Horse looks like could be a nice one; big maiden win in last.
    — Michael Beychok, NOLA.com, 4 Feb. 2021
  • The gallant knight charging to rescue the maiden from the scaly beast.
    — David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Her name is Princess Astrid, and the knight was ready to declare his love for the fair maiden this very day.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Both had strong maiden seasons as the starter, though neither took the Pack to the playoffs.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
  • Today’s card isn’t the best of the meet with cheap claimers and maiden claimers taking up the majority of the card.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The planet of love is entering the sign of the maiden on October 2, and things are about to get... messy.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2020
  • The company will perform the classic tale of the fair maiden's battle against the wicked queen.
    — Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2023
  • The imagery is unmistakable and centuries old: the brute and the maiden.
    — Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
  • In the eighth race finale, trainer Steve Miyadi has a pair of first time starters in the maiden claiming event.
    — Jeff Nahill, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2021
  • There is one stakes, which is a two-barn race, there are three allowance races and one maiden special.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Money Moves did not race as a 2-year-old and broke his maiden first time out on Feb. 15 at Gulfstream.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2020
  • On 24th August, the sun will enter the sign of the maiden, and Virgo season will commence.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Still a maiden in three starts but third in BC Juvenile.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, but faint heart never won fair maiden.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
  • In Pence’s telling, the nation is akin to an innocent maiden in the silent movies who keeps getting tied to the railroad tracks.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 27 Aug. 2020
  • There are three allowance-type races and one maiden special.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2021
  • There are three allowance races and two maiden special weights.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2021
  • As the unicorn slumbers, the maiden starts to sob, and men descend on the sleeping beast, slaying and seizing its body.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Armagnac broke his maiden in his last race at this distance.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Charge It, stepping up from a blowout maiden score, is also rated at 7-2 from stall 6.
    — Tom Jicha, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • This was his sixth race, having won a maiden claiming race two races before this.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2020
  • He’s run two races, winning his maiden and then finishing third in the Echo Eddie.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2021
  • Others say a maiden forgot to stop a well from overflowing the kingdom.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 Aug. 2022
  • It’s about a cow herder who falls in love with a celestial maiden, and when they are caught they are separated by the Milky Way.
    — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Goerke sang one of her signature roles, the warrior-maiden Brünnhilde.
    — Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Native Charm Broke maiden on turf and returns to that surface in 3rd-off layoff.
    — Reina Kempt, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Chloe’s Dream, a 3-year-old gelding, was pulled up in the second race for maidens, vanned off and then euthanized.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
  • Courtship unfolds the old-fashioned way, by winning not only the heart of the fair maiden but of her court — her parents, siblings and even her best friend.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2022
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maiden

2 of 2 adjective
  • Sainz’s maiden win with Ferrari came in 2022 at the British Grand Prix.
    — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This one made a wrong turn and got stranded on its maiden flight.
    — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The maiden voyage took 4½ months as the Cooperstown stopped at five ports along the way.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
  • The launch window for the Terran 1’s maiden voyage opens at 1 p.m. EST.
    — Eric MacK, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Dear Amy: The trend of women keeping their maiden names as their last names may have peaked.
    — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The exception to this will be the maiden voyage, which is five nights and sets sail July 14.
    — Megan Dubois, Chron, 14 July 2022
  • For the second straight day, a Bob Baffert trained 2-year-old triumphed in a maiden special race.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Tie the Subaru’s maiden voyage was in late August 2021.
    — Jake Blount, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The Vasa, a 17-century Swedish ship, sunk on its maiden voyage out of the Stockholm harbor.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2022
  • After completion, the plane made its maiden flight in 1988.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The payload for the maiden flight could be the first batch of the Starlink 2.0 satellites which have already been delivered to Starbase.
    — Mihir Tripathy, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The Tesla was airborne for just a few seconds, but its maiden flight went viral.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The same techniques were used to study the Vasa, a Swedish warship that went down on its maiden voyage in 1628, just two years after the Sparrow-Hawk wrecked.
    — CBS News, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Taiba broke onto the scene with a maiden win by 7½ lengths at Santa Anita.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Not unlike the maiden voyage of the Titanic in 1912, the Titan excursion promised to be a once-in-a-lifetime thrill.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
  • And the wheel kept on turning, making its maiden voyage to America in 2016.
    — Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022
  • An epic romance set against the backdrop of the R.M.S. Titanic's doomed maiden voyage.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 26 Jan. 2023
  • It's been 110 years since the Titanic sank into the Atlantic during the ship's maiden voyage.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas is breaking even more records ahead of its maiden voyage this month.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • In 1628, the Swedish warship keeled over and sank just minutes after setting sail on its maiden voyage.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Others were on their maiden voyage, looking to make an impact at the state level.
    — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The Princess Sophia was built in Scotland and launched in 1911, with its maiden voyage a year later after outfitting.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The mere idea of going from maiden race to Kentucky Derby in the span of two months is so audacious that most owners and trainers wouldn’t even try.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 6 May 2022
  • The vessel was a sister ship to the Vasa, which capsized on its maiden voyage and is on display in a Stockholm museum.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Vega C is counting down to its maiden flight in early July.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 July 2022
  • Hours later the luxury liner’s maiden voyage would end abruptly and claim the lives of more than 1,500 people.
    — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
  • In the days prior to the maiden voyage, the eaglet had been approaching the edge of the nest and hovering for a few seconds before dropping back onto a perch.
    — Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
  • The Strauses were among first-class passengers aboard the Titanic on its maiden voyage.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 22 June 2023
  • But rollback is a last resort, a move that likely would delay the rocket's maiden flight by several more weeks.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Messi also was a special guest for the official naming of the 5,600-passenger ship, which makes its maiden voyage out of Port Miami on Saturday.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2024

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