How to Use governess in a Sentence

governess

noun

• In the past, future heirs to the throne stayed at home with a governess.
  — Jorge Mitssunaga, CNN, 10 Oct. 2021
• The story of two orphans and a dead governess isn’t much of a sales pitch.
  — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• Curie endured years of misery as a governess, but the plan worked.
  — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
• Marie Curie worked as a governess in the earliest days of her research.
  — Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
• The plot: Two young orphans are cared for by a young governess, who narrates the story—and, well, things get creepy.
  — Bianca Rodriguez, Marie Claire, 4 Dec. 2019
• The plot follows a young governess charged with the care of two young children in a remote country house.
  — cleveland, 15 June 2020
• Would Lillian like to play governess to her two stepchildren?
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• In 1520, she was even appointed Mary’s governess for a time.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• In James’ novella, two children and Dani, their governess, head to a country house.
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 25 Aug. 2020
• Sharp, at age 31, became the governess at Godmersham Park, the home of Austen’s brother, in Kent.
  — Clare McHugh, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
• The others claim not to see her, so the governess gets hysterical.
  — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 9 Oct. 2020
• The Turn of the Screw, which features the tale of two orphans looked after by a young governess, who acts as the story’s narrator.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 28 June 2019
• Two young orphans, Miles and Flora, are under the care of a governess at their uncle’s great house in the country.
  — John Banville, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
• This secures Sue in her resolve to move to Boston and become a governess.
  — Kristin Vartan, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• During that time, Anne was at the mercy of a sadistic governess, Miss Bonner, who tied her hands to the bedposts at night.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• When a young governess arrives from London, things begin to go awry.
  — oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2020
• Bands of pearls festoon their hair, in contrast to the gray-haired demeanor of their governess, a gentle figure peeking in from the right side.
  — Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2019
• Grant worked as a cook for the Greens during high school, and came back to work on weekends as a governess, teaching children there, while in college.
  — David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 24 Feb. 2021
• Later, along with her little brother and governess, Esme walks into the tea room where the soldier has taken refuge from the rain.
  — Lauren Markham, Longreads, 7 June 2018
• In her 20s, Farmer was finally allowed to work, becoming a kind of governess in the home of a wealthy family friend.
  — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 13 June 2018
• The young Edinger received a high-quality education, first at home at the hands of a governess and then at the only girls’ school in Frankfurt, the Schiller-Schule.
  — Leila McNeill, Smithsonian, 1 Mar. 2018
• The Baroness can’t help but worry that the captain has more than an employer’s regard for his children’s governess.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2017
• Velvet drapes re-sewn like Maria von Trapp is my benevolent governess.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2020
• Victoria's governess, Louise Lehzen, got the princess a doctor in secret, saving her life.
  — Chanel Vargas, Town & Country, 4 Jan. 2018
• Her family employed two maids and a French governess for Evelyn and her brother, Rudolph.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
• Almost Hitchcock-like is the account of Shchukin’s second wife, their daughter Irina and the governess making their escape west on the Ukraine train.
  — E.a. Carmean Jr., WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
• Julie Andrews stars as Maria, a kind-hearted governess who brings a love of music to the seven children under her tutelage.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2024
• What was a fortress on a swamp for their parents was a domesticated home with reading and governesses for them.
  — The Economist, 20 Dec. 2017
• The story is told from the perspective of an unnamed governess who takes a job caring for two young orphans at a remote country home.
  — Sabienna Bowman, refinery29.com, 23 Jan. 2020
• Like James’s governess, Christine becomes an author of sorts through her attempts to understand a situation that isn’t, in the end, all that tractable.
  — Joanna Biggs, Harper's Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024