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Recent Examples of ladyship
Which brings us, finally, to Lady M. delightfully encapsulated by Sondra Radvanovsky, who vocally embraces all her ladyship’s contradictions.
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Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2021
Her ladyship directed Richard and Henry to report on one another’s health in every letter home.
—Julie Flavell, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2021
For almost a century, the Vogue treatment has been a perk of the first ladyship.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2021
Your ladyship The number of women India’s 25 high courts is rankling.
—Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 7 Nov. 2019
Streep’s chastising of Trump in her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes was derided as a sniffy display of royal hauteur, as if her ladyship had gotten her blue sash in a twist.
—James Wolcott, The Hive, 19 June 2017
Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2021
Her ladyship directed Richard and Henry to report on one another’s health in every letter home.
—Julie Flavell, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2021
For almost a century, the Vogue treatment has been a perk of the first ladyship.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2021
Your ladyship The number of women India’s 25 high courts is rankling.
—Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 7 Nov. 2019
Streep’s chastising of Trump in her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes was derided as a sniffy display of royal hauteur, as if her ladyship had gotten her blue sash in a twist.
—James Wolcott, The Hive, 19 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladyship
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Throw in Morton, who has made amiable viciousness into a trademark of this phase of his career, and Catherine Tate as a Dutch brothel madam with a PhD, and Going Dutch has the sort of ensemble already in place for long-term laughs.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
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Neither madam nor monsieur had any idea what a fish fork was.Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2024
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In order to get The Mikado off the ground, the two composers need to get everyone onboard: the old actors, the new boys, the producers, the choreographer, the costume designer, the stagehands, the orchestra … to say nothing of their wives and mistresses back home.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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That signaled that the series would become an anthology, after Season 1 starred Jake Gyllenhaal as prosecutor Rusty Sabich, who was accused of murdering his colleague and mistress.Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Playing an acid-tongue dowager or master teacher of witchcraft came naturally to her, but what thrilled her about acting was its transformative freedom.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
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There were pompous society dowagers with melting faces, young beauties with speckled dresses, unexpected sphinxes and nature spirits.Will Heinrich, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
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The two-year-old daughter of the steward and the matron, who were married, scampered around the wards and played with the residents.Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Half a dozen of the boldest ones took it upon themselves to defy the steward and the matron, and to circumvent the gatehouse guards, who were ostensibly there to prevent undesirable visitors.Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Ladyship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladyship. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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