schoolmarm

variants or schoolma'am

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of schoolmarm The search for a missing schoolmarm is the focus of an escape room experience at the Lanesfield School, a historic one-room schoolhouse in Edgerton. Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025 University deans, schoolmarms and human resources managers penned dress codes outright forbidding the garment or relegating it to certain areas. The Conversation, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2023 Visitors can relive a school experience from the early 20th century, complete with a schoolmarm and an outhouse. Jshortavon, cleveland, 23 July 2023 Then there’s Jeffrey Wright’s gung-ho military man, Matt Dillon’s bubbleheaded grease monkey, Steve Carell’s apologetic motel owner, Maya Hawke’s friendly schoolmarm, and Rupert Friend’s cowboy loverboy. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023 In the music video, Gavin plays the titular cheerleader who is smitten with a girl in the program; meanwhile, Bridgers plays the pink-haired schoolmarm in charge, while popular gay comedian Caleb Hearon plays a conflicted gay coach. Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022 On hand to enforce the rules is an electronic schoolmarm called Lana, who resembles a Google Home under the influence of HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Judy Berman, Time, 16 Apr. 2020 The October 2019 cover of Harper’s Bazaar featured Demi Moore dressed in Victorian schoolmarm wear, replete with knotted collar and wire-rimmed glasses. Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 11 Feb. 2020 These disingenuous characterizations — the zealous youngster and the wise schoolmarm — are trite. Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmarm
Noun
  • Jordan plays Miss Bonita, a pretty teacher who has caught the attention of Cory (Kyle Massey).
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • A week before, a Meridian teacher’s posters drew local and national headlines, according to previous Statesman reporting.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • After long being recognized as a mistress, the now 77-year-old was eager to enjoy a quieter life without the scrutiny.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Rapture By Susan Minot See Now Then, by Jamaica Kincaid Kincaid’s novel introduces readers to Mr. and Mrs. Sweet and their two children, Heracles (like the son of Zeus and his human mistress) and Persephone (like the queen of the dead, a symbol of the cycles of renewal that happen below the earth).
    Haley Mlotek, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Little kids can learn to ski here with a individual or group lesson, and the instructors are extraordinary both in terms of getting on the student’s individual wavelength and teaching foundational skills that will last a lifetime.
    Kim Westerman, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Rhonda Stewart is a senior instructor/associate professor at Johnson & Wales University, Charlotte Campus.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Schoolmarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmarm. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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