colleen

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It climbed from eighth to first place in Eastern beer sales largely by the use of pretty Miss Rheingolds, about half of them Irish "colleens" duly elected each year by beer drinkers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Far more interesting to the goggling gossoons and colleens was the fourth member of the party�a slim, gangling, tousle-haired man whom they readily recognized as Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh.

From Time Magazine Archive

Torrents of gorgeous Irish talk, miles of fine Irish scenery, and some splendid acting almost offset the main flaw in this film version of Synge's play: Actress Siobhan McKenna should not still be playing colleens.

From Time Magazine Archive

As their champion up rose dignified Senator Maurice Moore, brother of the late great Novelist George Moore, a great hand at describing the frolics of colleens.

From Time Magazine Archive

“You could tell us a story without any colleens or battles in it.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White