How to Use countess in a Sentence

countess

noun

• George Herber and wife Fiona, the eighth earl and countess of Carnarvon, own the place.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2019
• Thousands were evicted by the countess over the course of the Clearances.
  — Cathleen O'Grady, The Atlantic, 20 May 2022
• The countess' ring was stolen from a car in the 6th District, according to Le Parisian.
  — Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 5 Apr. 2019
• Countess made three tackles and broke up a pass against the Chargers.
  — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 27 Aug. 2017
• The countess took notice of the fabric from the locals and adopted it for her staff.
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 7 Jan. 2023
• De Lesseps emerged pretty close to on time (by countess standards), and the crowd went nuts.
  — Beth Spotswood, SFChronicle.com, 26 June 2018
• Carter’s wife, Imelda Staunton, joins the movie and plays a foil to the dowager countess (Maggie Smith).
  — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Krakowski is the saving grace of this episode, but all of the appeal of the countess is in the performance rather than the writing.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021
• The countess’s walls and upholstery reeked of smoke, and opening the windows only filled the rooms with chilly wind.
  — Jennifer Egan, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
• Even Maggie Smith's dowager countess would have good things to say about them.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2022
• Luann de Lesseps Life hasn’t always been a cabaret for the former countess.
  — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2019
• In 2001, its owner, an Italian countess, fell to her death from the steep hill leading to the sea, her body washing up in France.
  — New York Times, 1 June 2022
• All that’s missing is you—and perhaps a certain countess.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2022
• Led by a countess with a secret (Jeanette Hain), Johanna proves to be a quick learner.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• The countess solicited the London publisher Archibald Bell to review the rest of the poet’s work.
  — Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2022
• The countess, who is patron of the London College of Fashion, made some remarks on British culture as a whole.
  — Sarah Mower, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2021
• Joachim's children will remain in their place in the line of succession, and still be able to use their titles as counts and countess of Monpezat.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 28 Sep. 2022
• The countess was witty, sarcastic and dryly resigned over all six of the show’s seasons.
  — Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
• Named for the famed boxer Joe Louis Barrow, the Joe, as it was often called, was the site of countess memories for sports and entertainment fans alike.
  — Deasia Paige, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2018
• The Queen can choose from five titles for a man -- duke, marquess, earl, viscount or baron -- and for a woman -- duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess and baroness.
  — Angela Dewan, CNN, 19 May 2018
• Gunther wasn't the loyal companion of a mega-rich German countess.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 3 Feb. 2023
• The occasion was a gala for the French Heritage Society, which seeks to preserve French culture and was attended by a who’s who of counts and countesses.
  — Ben Widdicombe, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2017
• Though the countess was famously beautiful, the portrait that emerges of her is not enviable.
  — Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2021
• Thrones pushed the Emmy drama race out of its era of dowager countesses and troubled men and into one where robots and demogorgons could at least have a shot.
  — Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
• For women, the titles are: duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess, and baroness.
  — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 23 May 2018
• Ergo, Peter must best the city’s fiercest warrior in single combat, fly and make a bereaved countess laugh for the first time since her brother died in battle.
  — Michael Nordine, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023
• After visiting the Amazon rainforest in Peru, the Spanish countess of Cinchón fell ill with a high fever.
  — Jill Langlois, National Geographic, 4 June 2020
• His dowager countess, played with the driest of wit by Maggie Smith, was unforgettable.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2022
• For every successful drug, there are countess numbers that fail.
  — Kimberly Kindy, Washington Post, 28 June 2017
• Its author, a brilliant scholar from northern Italy by the name of Anselm, was a man of noble birth: a correspondent of countesses, an associate of kings.
  — Tom Holland, Time, 29 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024