How to Use matriarch in a Sentence

matriarch

noun

• Our grandmother was the family's matriarch.
• The tribe's matriarch ruled for 20 years before her death.
• Bloomberg The matriarch of the James clan has always been the one calling the shots.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
• Now Kathy Hilton, the eldest of the three and matriarch of the Hilton dynasty, has joined the cast as a friend.
  — Rachel Marlowe, Vogue, 27 May 2021
• And the swell of new faces and voices is exciting to the Kelce matriarch.
  — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 11 Feb. 2024
• The women, though, tended to live long, so each, in her turn, got to be the matriarch.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2022
• The siblings had to bury their beloved matriarch in the same burial plot as her son.
  — NBC News, 1 Aug. 2021
• The family matriarch opened up about the loss in an episode of The 19th Hole podcast.
  — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
• The passing of the matriarch of the Bears franchise was confirmed by the team in a statement shared with the media.
  — Victoria Edel, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
• The matriarch had been open about her mental health struggles in the past.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 3 May 2022
• Sukari was the matriarch of the zoo’s African lion pride, and had lived at the San Francisco Zoo since 2009.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2023
• The descendants of Flower, the late matriarch, lead a new era of meerkats.
  — Washington Post, 5 June 2021
• Her, of course, refers to the ever-elusive alt-pop matriarch Lana Del Rey.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 22 Sep. 2023
• Allen grew up in the West Forest Park neighborhood, the son of a strong matriarch.
  — Carita Rizzo, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
• The families are led by matriarchs who can live 80 to 90 years.
  — Elizabeth Preston, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• The story is told through the eyes of Sunja, a matriarch who triumphs against all odds.
  — Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 16 May 2022
• The matriarch’s death nudged some members of the family to the pro-vaccine side.
  — Marc Fisher, Lori Rozsa, Kayla Ruble, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Nov. 2021
• So who's the matriarch of our local menagerie of 2,000 creatures?
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 29 May 2023
• Faith Pinho: Ruby was in her late 30s at the time, and the matriarch of her family.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• Cloaked and solitary, the silver-haired matriarch looks straight down the camera's lens.
  — Nick Glass, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022
• Since the matriarch is no longer living at home, Kristin is stepping up.
  — Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
• At least according to the Knowles matriarch, Tina Knowles.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2023
• The Catch as the ruthless and glamorous matriarch of a mob family.
  — Tolly Wright, Vulture, 23 May 2022
• The matriarch or an elder will bless the food, or anyone attending can say the prayer.
  — Andrea Byrd, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2021
• None of them had quite the storied suffrage career of their matriarch.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2024
• Here, the bride and groom take a photo with Kennedy family matriarch, Rose Kennedy.
  — Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 23 Aug. 2023
• Today, Rosa is a 79-year-old matriarch, her hair cut short above her ears and sprinkled with gray, her hands worn.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
• Such was the case with Nancy Kress Levin, a matriarch whose life unfolded over four decades in Unit 712.
  — New York Times, 12 July 2021
• Here, a pair of Marvel superheroes shill for A.I. glasses with an assist from the Kardashian matriarch.
  — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 9 Feb. 2025
• Neighbors said the matriarch of the family appeared to suffer dementia, while her adult daughter had Down syndrome.
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025