virago
Example Sentences
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It was someone laying down the law — without worrying that a man would label her a virago or harridan or termagant.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2019
Yet, tellingly, this virago is also the creation of a male writer-director.
From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2018
“HLN’s virago of vengeance,” the New York Times dubbed her in 2011.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2016
“Jackson is an awesome virago who delivers her lines like bayonet thrusts,” Time magazine drama critic T.E.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2016
John Quincy Adams called her an itinerant virago.
From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Earle, Alice Morse
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
