harridan

Example Sentences

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Escola said their decision to treat Mrs. Lincoln as a batty harridan comes from a place of self-awareness: They know that they, too, are often considered “obnoxious, grating, a nuisance.”

From New York Times

The hard edges that painted Sylvie as a harridan boss and villain of the series have steadily softened, though never dulled completely.

From Los Angeles Times

More crucially, the play deals with Tanner’s fraught relationship with the queen of this company, Diana Gibson, here renamed Monica and played by Jenny O'Hara with fierce harridan humor.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms. McDormand told me that she was not interested in modern interpretations of Macbeth as an emblem of toxic masculinity, or in correcting the stereotype of Lady Macbeth as a harridan.

From New York Times

In Bailey's book, women in general, but the two former wives in particular, are depicted as harridans who continually make unreasonable demands on the great writer's time.

From Salon