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Recent Examples of mother superior
Emily Watson stars as Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen, who leads the Sisterhood and has a close ally in her sister, Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen.
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Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Sisters Tula and Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen (Emily Watson) in their pursuit to grow their order.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
Maybe some of the blame lies with her mentor, Mother Superior Raquella, who sought to harness her rage and psychic power and revealed secrets to her that the other acolytes didn’t know.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
Best Supporting Performance award at the Berlin Film Festival for her role as a different sort of formidable Mother Superior in Irish drama Small Things Like These.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
The Mother Superior insisted Warner, a glee club member, learn Mozart’s Mass in C Minor.
—Provided By Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2024
His travel documents conveniently arrive ahead of a letter from the Mother Superior (Colman) presiding over the Peruvian bear retirement home where Aunt Lucy is a resident, encouraging him to visit before her health deteriorates.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
After Grandier was executed, the Mother Superior at Loudun, Jeanne des Anges, continued to be tormented by demons.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
The hilarious scene saw Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu go undercover as nuns in order to garner information from Fisher’s Mother Superior.
—EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Sisters Tula and Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen (Emily Watson) in their pursuit to grow their order.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
Maybe some of the blame lies with her mentor, Mother Superior Raquella, who sought to harness her rage and psychic power and revealed secrets to her that the other acolytes didn’t know.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
Best Supporting Performance award at the Berlin Film Festival for her role as a different sort of formidable Mother Superior in Irish drama Small Things Like These.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
The Mother Superior insisted Warner, a glee club member, learn Mozart’s Mass in C Minor.
—Provided By Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2024
His travel documents conveniently arrive ahead of a letter from the Mother Superior (Colman) presiding over the Peruvian bear retirement home where Aunt Lucy is a resident, encouraging him to visit before her health deteriorates.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
After Grandier was executed, the Mother Superior at Loudun, Jeanne des Anges, continued to be tormented by demons.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
The hilarious scene saw Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu go undercover as nuns in order to garner information from Fisher’s Mother Superior.
—EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mother superior
Noun
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Torn between his conflicting loyalties to Francesca, the Empress Natalya (Jodhi May), and Reverend Mother Valya Harkonnen (Emily Watson), Javicco chose to take his own life.EW.com, EW.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Emily Watson stars as Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen, who leads the Sisterhood and has a close ally in her sister, Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
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While Ellen’s spasms and fits are viewed as shameful by her peers—even her husband—Franz views her as a sacred figure who would have been a high priestess in another age.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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The occult expert of the film, Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz (Willem Dafoe) declares that in another time period, Ellen would have been a respected high priestess.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Only novices believe that a system will work flawlessly.Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
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Entering the retail space as novices forced these bottle shop owners to face a steep learning curve.Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Mother superior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mother%20superior. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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