countess

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Recent Examples on the Web Mian told the Associated Press (and other news outlets) that Gunther came from a long line of dogs that inherited a ton of money from a German countess back in the day. Korin Miller, Women's Health, 1 Feb. 2023 Daniel Day-Lewis stars as an upper-class lawyer caught between his fiancée (Winona Ryder) and a controversial countess (Michelle Pfeiffer). Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024 Julianne Moore is a countess conniving her way to the top! Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024 The young countess smiled solo in the first shot and kneeled to pet the family dog Cerise in the second image. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for countess 
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Noun
  • However, after just eight minutes, the duchess was rushed out.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The duchess could never have guessed that, three centuries later, a generation of professional women would be using her sartorial experiment in a myriad of ways to command respect and convey important — and sometimes nuanced — messages.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In the late 1950s, LaVey formed a magic circle in San Francisco to explore black magic and the occult (the regulars included friends like Anger, the Danish baroness Carin de Plessen, and fantasy/sci-fi writers such as Fritz Leiber and August Derleth, the first publisher of H. P. Lovecraft).
    Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
  • If your mind immediately goes to the Bridgerton baronesses, there was in fact a collab done in 2021.
    Brie Schwartz, Glamour, 23 July 2024
Noun
  • In the classic black-and-white film Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn's character, a princess who is bored with her royal life, cuts her hair into a short, curly crop with baby bangs—a meaningful symbol of her desire for freedom.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Her life in the spotlight and tragic death have fascinated the public since the day she was born -- as the King of Rock and Roll's princess.
    Claire Pedersen, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Multiple media outlets begin to publish explainers on the marchioness, but not all of them mention the affair rumors.
    Ellie Hall, Vulture, 9 July 2024
  • Marjorie Paget, marchioness of Anglesey, wore the necklace to the coronation of King George VI in 1937.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • The buckle took inspiration from the shoes of marquises in French aristocratic courts, and Mr. Vivier modernized it.
    Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Photo: Genevieve De Manio Of the two marquises for my ring, one was more long and slender with higher clarity, while another was a slightly wider stone with higher color.
    Shelby Wax, Vogue, 30 July 2024
Noun
  • Season 2 will follow Quinn's second book, The Viscount Who Loved Me, and the quest of the eldest Bridgerton, Anthony, to find his viscountess.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
  • Season 2, on the other hand, was all about her brother Anthony Bridgerton's (Jonathan Bailey) quest to find his viscountess.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
Noun
  • Maybe Kate can get Parton to hop back across the pond to play a few songs and, as a real Southern gentlewoman, teach those rather provincial Brits how to properly serve tea.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2023
  • In the north, Solomon knew, young oblates, the cherished daughters of gentlewomen, were given to the Lord out of the ranks of the nobility.
    Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023

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“Countess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countess. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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