How to Use governess in a Sentence

governess

noun

• In the past, future heirs to the throne stayed at home with a governess.
  — Jorge Mitssunaga, CNN, 10 Oct. 2021
• The story of two orphans and a dead governess isn’t much of a sales pitch.
  — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• Curie endured years of misery as a governess, but the plan worked.
  — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
• Marie Curie worked as a governess in the earliest days of her research.
  — Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
• The plot: Two young orphans are cared for by a young governess, who narrates the story—and, well, things get creepy.
  — Bianca Rodriguez, Marie Claire, 4 Dec. 2019
• The plot follows a young governess charged with the care of two young children in a remote country house.
  — cleveland, 15 June 2020
• Would Lillian like to play governess to her two stepchildren?
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• In 1520, she was even appointed Mary’s governess for a time.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• In James’ novella, two children and Dani, their governess, head to a country house.
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 25 Aug. 2020
• Sharp, at age 31, became the governess at Godmersham Park, the home of Austen’s brother, in Kent.
  — Clare McHugh, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
• The others claim not to see her, so the governess gets hysterical.
  — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 9 Oct. 2020
• The Turn of the Screw, which features the tale of two orphans looked after by a young governess, who acts as the story’s narrator.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 28 June 2019
• Two young orphans, Miles and Flora, are under the care of a governess at their uncle’s great house in the country.
  — John Banville, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
• This secures Sue in her resolve to move to Boston and become a governess.
  — Kristin Vartan, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• During that time, Anne was at the mercy of a sadistic governess, Miss Bonner, who tied her hands to the bedposts at night.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• When a young governess arrives from London, things begin to go awry.
  — oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2020
• Bands of pearls festoon their hair, in contrast to the gray-haired demeanor of their governess, a gentle figure peeking in from the right side.
  — Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2019
• Grant worked as a cook for the Greens during high school, and came back to work on weekends as a governess, teaching children there, while in college.
  — David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 24 Feb. 2021
• Later, along with her little brother and governess, Esme walks into the tea room where the soldier has taken refuge from the rain.
  — Lauren Markham, Longreads, 7 June 2018
• In her 20s, Farmer was finally allowed to work, becoming a kind of governess in the home of a wealthy family friend.
  — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 13 June 2018
• The young Edinger received a high-quality education, first at home at the hands of a governess and then at the only girls’ school in Frankfurt, the Schiller-Schule.
  — Leila McNeill, Smithsonian, 1 Mar. 2018
• The Baroness can’t help but worry that the captain has more than an employer’s regard for his children’s governess.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2017
• Velvet drapes re-sewn like Maria von Trapp is my benevolent governess.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2020
• Victoria's governess, Louise Lehzen, got the princess a doctor in secret, saving her life.
  — Chanel Vargas, Town & Country, 4 Jan. 2018
• Her family employed two maids and a French governess for Evelyn and her brother, Rudolph.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
• When the governess wasn’t looking, the students would sneak the chocolate inside the woman’s bag or leave it on the table so that the woman would have some eye contact with the guy who gave her the chocolate.
  — Yolanda Evans, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
• Almost Hitchcock-like is the account of Shchukin’s second wife, their daughter Irina and the governess making their escape west on the Ukraine train.
  — E.a. Carmean Jr., WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
• Julie Andrews stars as Maria, a kind-hearted governess who brings a love of music to the seven children under her tutelage.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2024
• What was a fortress on a swamp for their parents was a domesticated home with reading and governesses for them.
  — The Economist, 20 Dec. 2017
• The story is told from the perspective of an unnamed governess who takes a job caring for two young orphans at a remote country home.
  — Sabienna Bowman, refinery29.com, 23 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024