How to Use chaste in a Sentence

chaste

adjective
  • The best time to prune chaste tree is in late winter.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Then there was the rather chaste kiss on Evans’s show late last year.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • But not a saint in terms of being chaste and pure and sexless.
    — Abby Diamond, Billboard, 2 Sep. 2022
  • But there are no nuns, and Jones’s life was anything but chaste, though not by choice.
    — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2021
  • But one of the hottest, most thrilling scenes is actually rather chaste.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Some light handholding, or maybe a chaste peck on the mouth, are on the table.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 17 June 2020
  • But rising above all the sexy clutter on my desk is a perfume that’s downright chaste.
    — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 5 July 2017
  • Barrie’s chaste romance with Sylvia will leave younger ones fidgety.
    — Connie Ogle, miamiherald, 15 June 2017
  • There is no reason to treat him like the guardian of a chaste investigation.
    — David Harsanyi, The Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2017
  • Features chaste berry, cramp bark, shatavari root, dandelion root and ginger.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • The Church requires its members to be chaste according to their state in life.
    — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 21 Oct. 2019
  • And not in some chaste, metaphoric, Beauty and the Beast kind of way.
    — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Where one steps back, the other leans forward, maintaining a tense but chaste 60-foot gap.
    — Curbed, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Deadhead your chaste tree in late winter to promote flowering in the spring and summer months.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
  • Long’s addiction was real, say those familiar with his struggle to live a chaste life.
    — Christian Boone, ajc, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Nottage saves some of her best dialogue for their flirty if chaste encounters.
    — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • But this is a kids’ movie, after all, and the brief romantic subplot is entirely chaste.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • Soil and Water Well-draining soil is critical for chaste trees.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2025
  • By contrast, Ziming’s courtship of Mrs Yu is chaste and old-fashioned.
    — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2019
  • In his filmography, the hero’s love interests are chaste or die offscreen.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Kopechne was one of this group, and the film treats her with great respect and presents her relationship with Ted as chaste and above board.
    — Kenneth Turan, latimes.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • As Glaze went in for a chaste kiss on the cheek, Perry turned her head at the last second and landed a kiss on the lips!
    — Christina Dugan, PEOPLE.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Harry moves his body a little closer to mine and playfully pulls me down alongside him and gives me a chaste kiss on my forehead.
    — The Cut, 3 Sep. 2017
  • And this is not to say Single's Inferno was prudish or overly chaste.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The shows can range from relatively chaste lip-syncing performances to more raunchy dance routines.
    — Dallas News, 18 Dec. 2022
  • While clearly chaste at the start, this is a romance that builds to a slow, sweet, and at times steamily, satisfying end.
    — Usa Today Life Staff, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Billy wins Alice’s trust, and the two become (chaste) companions.
    — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2021
  • On one of their chaste little dates, Faruk and Mona find themselves on a road through a forest in the failing light of evening.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Joan gives Keith the valuable First Impression rose and the first (chaste) kiss on the lips.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
  • In Zone 6, chaste tree may die back to the ground in winter but resprouts in the following growing season.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 May 2026

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