Richelle Mead

I wouldn't know how to write a weak female character. I read so much epic fantasy growing up, where you have these sword-wielding, in-your-face warrior maidens.

American Author

Donna Tartt

Well, I do have some maiden aunts that are not quite like the aunts in the book, but I definitely do have a couple of them, and a couple of old aunties.

American Novelist

Glenn McGrath

Dotting teams up and bowling maidens back to back cannot be underestimated in Australian conditions because it gives you control of the game.

Australian Cricketer

Penn Jillette

Zolten' is a common Hungarian name, it's my wife's maiden name and most importantly, it's the name of Dracula's dog.

American Entertainer

D. H. Lawrence

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.

English Writer

Paula Poundstone

I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.

American Comedian

George Duke

I mean this record does not sound like somebody's maiden voyage.

American Musician

Francis Bacon

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.

English Philosopher

Sprague Grayden

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

American Actress

T. S. Eliot

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

American Poet

The term 'maiden' specifically refers to females, not males.

Gender Specific

'Maiden' is timeless and can be used in historical or modern contexts.

Timeless Use

'Maiden' often has positive connotations, implying purity or innocence.

Often Positive

As an adjective, 'maiden' emphasizes something is being done for the first time.

First Time

'Maiden' is never used to describe anything that happens regularly or more than once.

Not Repeated

'Maiden' as a device is archaic, mostly used in historical references or fiction.

Historical Device

Even though it's about execution, 'maiden' still maintains a level of respectful discourse.

Respectful Reference

In cricket, 'maiden' is a term specific to the sport and might confuse outsiders.

Cricket Jargon

'Maiden over' is an achievement for the bowler, indicating skill in restricting the batsman.

Zero Score

 To build something of this scale, only for that to sink on its maiden voyage? Well, let's just say that failure wouldn't have been a pleasant option for Archimedes. So he took on the will it sink? Perhaps he was sitting in the bathhouse one day,

The real story behind...

 Let's take it on a maiden voyage. Will it work? Or will something happen that we can't understand and we can't fix, thereby negating the concept of man-made biospheres? So eight of us went four men and four women. More on that later.

Jane Poynter: Life in...

 other day and she was like oh yeah yeah I loved that whole maiden in the tower daydream when I was a kid I was like no I wasn't the girl locked in the tower I was the guy on the horse rescuing the girl on the tower I was the

Daydreaming: The bridge...

 from her hair the team discovered a countdown to sacrifice that began months before her death and the first event was one year before the death of the maiden a shift from a diet of vegetables and potatoes was

Mummified Child...

 You are the cargo director on the maiden voyage of the S.S. Buoyant, and you've agreed to transport several tanks containing the last specimens of a critically endangered fish species

Can you solve the fish...

 instance that little matter of versions and paradise old-fashioned orientalism comes into play here the word used four times is hurris rendered as dark-eyed maidens with

On reading the Koran -...

 The problem is the island's runway is a bit short, especially for a bird with one of the world's longest wingspans. The maiden flight often ends in a wet landing,

Tiger Shark Attack! PIPE...

 powerful muscles in the Dragons thorax reorient the wings into their final horizontal position the dragonfly is now almost ready to take its maiden flight

The Secret World of...

 the problem is the island's runway is a bit short especially for a bird with one of the world's longest wingspans the maiden flight often ends in a wet

ONE HOUR Of Amazing...

 I met a fair, young maiden. Her name I did not know.