PURITANICAL in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of PURITANICAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
puritanical
 a.  exaggeratedly proper
 a.  morally rigorous and strict
Classic Sentence:
1  She is a heavy, solid person, very limited, intensely respectable, and inclined to be puritanical.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
2  The spell that she had thrown over him in the moonlight dance made it impossible for a man having no strong puritanic force within him to keep away altogether.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
Example Sentence:
1  Despite his apparent liberal views, he's really something of a puritan/he has a puritan streak.
2  Bykov had forgotten that Malinin was something of a puritan.
3  Dustan has a record of switching sides when convenient, and there are many Taliban supporters who would do likewise if the fortunes of the puritan militia are on the decline.