How to Use noblewoman in a Sentence

noblewoman

noun
  • This may explain why, in the video, Trump seems to be playing the part of a mildly amused noblewoman.
    Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Born in the late 12th century, Francis was the son of a wealthy silk merchant and a noblewoman from Provence.
    Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2021
  • The Don starts the opera by having his way with the noblewoman Donna Anna and killing her father, the Commendatore.
    Georgia Rowe, The Mercury News, 31 May 2017
  • But Keller makes his Olivia, a lovesick noblewoman who fights off unwanted suitors while coping with her pompous steward, the heart and soul of the show.
    Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Stuart died in 1702, the bird soon afterward, and while the noblewoman is made of wax, her pet is stuffed; X-rays have shown that its skeleton is complete.
    Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Today: the tomb of a Roman noblewoman sheds light on the secrets of ancient concrete.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Jan. 2022
  • An Italian noblewoman purchased two of the works, but they were looted by pirates and next popped up in a Tunisian market.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2020
  • And as the convent was not bought by the Catholic Church (instead funded by a wealthy local noblewoman named Catalina de Cabrera), the nuns were forced out.
    Rachel King, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2022
  • When [Lady Godiva] rides through town, in the legend, most of the townsfolk go into their homes and avert their eyes, so as not to shame their beloved noblewoman.
    Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Around the same time as Melisende’s rule, Zumurrud, a Muslim noblewoman, rose to prominence in the nearby city of Damascus.
    Katherine Pangonis, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022
  • She’s under fire from both a sadistic noblewoman and from the Lord Protector to Bess’ brother, the reigning boy king Edward.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2019
  • In the painting of a young Italian noblewoman, collectors, diplomats and Nazis all saw a treasure to pursue.
    Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 13 May 2022
  • Saúl is a brigand while Isabella is a noblewoman, and the tale tells of the couple’s struggle as their families oppose their union.
    Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Also on view at the Met is a sumptuous red velvet dress likely gifted by the Spanish noblewoman to a convent in Pisa.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2021
  • He was born out of wedlock to a local 17-year-old noblewoman and a baron from the nearby town of Fiume, today in Croatia and called Rijeka.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 3 June 2021
  • Cherubic teenage noblewoman Carmela is the nun in question, locked in the convent for fooling around with a peasant boy and refusing to marry her betrothed.
    Elle Carroll, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The treasure’s owner may have been a noblewoman fleeing the war, according to the London Times’ Bruno Waterfield.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Prince Philip of England is marrying Martha, a noblewoman, and all eight tiers of the buttercream behemoth are fit for the occasion.
    Laura Zornosa, Time, 11 Aug. 2023
  • His first wife, Himiltrud, was nearly six feet (as befitted a Frankish noblewoman); her body can be seen in the crypt of the convent of Nivelles, Belgium.
    Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
  • In this iteration, Michael is now in his 60s and married to a landed English noblewoman.
    Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2020
  • Marie-Aurore de Saxe, a French noblewoman and freethinker, was painted in the guise of Diana, the huntress, wearing a leopard-print gown with billowing sleeves and a plunging bosom.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The real-life Anne Lister, who sometimes went by Jack, lived during the 19th century, and was indeed a noblewoman and landowner in Yorkshire.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 21 Mar. 2019
  • The publication says the tomb of a Chinese noblewoman contained the skull and jaw of gibbon unlike any species previously known.
    Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 21 June 2018
  • His wife, Marina, a Polish noblewoman (who knows the truth), fosters his delusion.
    Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 31 July 2017
  • Givens, who currently costars on Riverdale, will pop up in at least one episode as Eudora, a loving mother to Tiana and benevolent noblewoman.
    Natalie Abrams, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • This limestone canopic jar contained the organs of Egyptian noblewoman Senetnay preserved in balm.
    Popular Science, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Speaking of characters who are neither boring nor dead, Marial, noblewoman-turned-serf, is over on Peter’s side of the palace, hanging out with Archie.
    Alice Burton, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Throughout the pandemic, Sarah spent much of her time writing about this fictional noblewoman.
    Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Lawrence’s free-thinking noblewoman who has an affair with her gamekeeper (Jack O’Connell).
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Sawai portrays Toda Mariko, a noblewoman and Christian convert who is called on by Toranaga to serve as an interpreter between him and his new foreign captive.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024

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