How to Use matriarch in a Sentence

matriarch

noun

• Our grandmother was the family's matriarch.
• The tribe's matriarch ruled for 20 years before her death.
• Bloomberg The matriarch of the James clan has always been the one calling the shots.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
• And the swell of new faces and voices is exciting to the Kelce matriarch.
  — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 11 Feb. 2024
• The family matriarch opened up about the loss in an episode of The 19th Hole podcast.
  — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
• Sukari was the matriarch of the zoo’s African lion pride, and had lived at the San Francisco Zoo since 2009.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2023
• Her, of course, refers to the ever-elusive alt-pop matriarch Lana Del Rey.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 22 Sep. 2023
• Allen grew up in the West Forest Park neighborhood, the son of a strong matriarch.
  — Carita Rizzo, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
• The families are led by matriarchs who can live 80 to 90 years.
  — Elizabeth Preston, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• So who's the matriarch of our local menagerie of 2,000 creatures?
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 29 May 2023
• Faith Pinho: Ruby was in her late 30s at the time, and the matriarch of her family.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• Cloaked and solitary, the silver-haired matriarch looks straight down the camera's lens.
  — Nick Glass, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022
• At least according to the Knowles matriarch, Tina Knowles.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2023
• The Catch as the ruthless and glamorous matriarch of a mob family.
  — Tolly Wright, Vulture, 23 May 2022
• None of them had quite the storied suffrage career of their matriarch.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2024
• Here, the bride and groom take a photo with Kennedy family matriarch, Rose Kennedy.
  — Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 23 Aug. 2023
• Joan Plowright stars as the family’s matriarch and a very young Elijah Wood co-stars.
  — R. Eric Thomas, ELLE, 23 Nov. 2022
• Fred picked from lakeside sedges beside stag moose, camels, and giant beavers as the matriarch kept watch for dire wolves.
  — Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022
• As the village matriarch, time has done little to dim Lolosoli's resolve.
  — Fox News, 16 Feb. 2023
• The Hilton matriarch’s time on the late-night show was not without controversy, though.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2022
• Julie Walters Walters played the matriarch of the Weasley family throughout the movies.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
• From the matriarch herself's big day to modern nuptials on the Cape, take a look back at more than a century's worth of Kennedy weddings.
  — Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 23 Aug. 2023
• Semba, the park's African elephant matriarch, is pregnant with her fifth calf.
  — The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2023
• In a candid chat with Extra TV, the 71-year-old matriarch spilled the beans about her son’s domestic skills—or lack thereof.
  — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2024
• With the kernels from eight ears of corn (and the bears satiated), the matriarch then goes on to demonstrate the rest of the recipe, which Jennifer included in the caption.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 4 June 2024
• Determined to die on her own terms, the matriarch stopped eating and drinking.
  — Marissa Charles, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2022
• Strachan closely watched how the matriarch dressed from a young age, taking note of her oversized blazers, leather pans, and slouchy coats.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Jan. 2023
• In times of droughts, elephant herds with a matriarch older than thirty-five do better.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2023
• Driver co-stars as the matriarch of a ruthless British crime family.
  — Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 22 Oct. 2024
• The facility told the Garcia family that staff would be able to care for their matriarch’s needs.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024