Read full poem →Be more than woman she would get above
All thought of sex, and think to move
My heart to study her, and not to love;
Dictionary Entry
sex
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/sɛks/Word FrequencyCommon (5.98)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species.
In a Sentence
“The effect of the medication is dependent upon age, sex, and other factors.”
Published Usage Examples
“If the immutable character of sex is contested, perhaps this construct called ˜sex™ is as culturally constructed as gender; indeed, perhaps it was always already gender, with the consequence that the distinction between sex and gender turns out to be no distinction at all.”
“Lani say: I don't love sex@ carmically sex is quite cool.”
This entry also appears in ReadingWillow Year 10 word lists, so students can move between the dictionary and year-level study sets.
Origin
Not available
Common Phrases
. sexdifferences sexeducation sexroles sexratio sexsex opposite
Missing dictionary details are being fetched in the background.
Poetry examples for “sex”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The honest man, and a’ that.
Tho’ wit and worth, in either sex,
Saint Mary’s Isle can shaw that,
Read full poem →A WOMAN waits for me—she contains all, nothing is lacking,
Yet all were lacking, if sex were lacking, or if the moisture of the right man were
lacking.
