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Recent Examples of matronly
The matronly Mavis, everyday elegant in delectable period style (costumes are by Brenda Abbandandolo), is bigoted, complicated and startlingly wise about life.
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Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 5 May 2023
Tomlin and Field felt a bit differently about their more matronly garb.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023
His investigation starts with a casual anecdote from that year: A census taker named Selena Catalano makes a house call in Rochester, New York, to interview the matronly Nellie Oakden, Bouk’s great-grandmother.
—Hamilton Cain, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2022
Her youthful style had given way to matronly suits, sensible shoes, quaint hats and an immutable, immovable gray coiffure.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2022
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Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 5 May 2023
Tomlin and Field felt a bit differently about their more matronly garb.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023
His investigation starts with a casual anecdote from that year: A census taker named Selena Catalano makes a house call in Rochester, New York, to interview the matronly Nellie Oakden, Bouk’s great-grandmother.
—Hamilton Cain, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2022
Her youthful style had given way to matronly suits, sensible shoes, quaint hats and an immutable, immovable gray coiffure.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for matronly
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My favorite was the dystopian one featured in the tour’s promotional, majestically capturing a Black, womanly otherworldliness concomitant with her performance.Julian Randall, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
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Her namesake designs reflect her penchant for luxurious fabrics and impeccable make, unexpected flourishes via volume or texture, and womanly silhouettes with a modernist touch.Miles Socha, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
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The gold finish and delicate design add a feminine touch to the decor piece, perfect for using as a coat hanger or jewelry organizer.Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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For example, if a butterfly like Papilio glaucus were transferred to a genus with a feminine name, the epithet glaucus (masculine form) would be adjusted to glauca to agree in gender with the new genus.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Dec. 2024
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The lawsuit alleges Combs and Carter served her a drugged drink at a Video Music Awards afterparty, repeatedly raping her while an unnamed female celebrity watched—which Carter has strongly denied.Conor Murray, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Like all good modern-day female friendships, Rebecca Vallance and Nicky Hilton’s was born over Instagram DMs.Freya Drohan, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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This counters the hypothesis that Çatalhöyük was a matriarchal society with a priestess class, as that should result in material evidence of quality-of-life differences.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Dec. 2024
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She’s previously described her last album, Preacher’s Daughter, as the first of a trilogy, with the next two albums set to explore the psyches of the matriarchal line of the fictional Cain family.James Factora, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Matronly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matronly. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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