lady of the house
Example Sentences
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The lady of the house gifted him a September 1968 edition of Life magazine from her collection, and there, on the front cover, was a bespectacled Arthur Ashe at the net.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
As the lady of the house, Hüller cuts a loathsome, terrifying figure: She’s a hausfrau Lady Macbeth, all inelegant vanity and hectoring manipulation.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023
He said Maxwell was Epstein's "girlfriend" and "the lady of the house" who was there "95% of the times" when Epstein was at his Palm Beach residence.
From Fox News • Dec. 2, 2021
Puberty would deepen my voice soon enough, I prayed — and it finally did, I realized, when calling customer service representatives stopped referring to me as "ma'am" or, most alarming, "the lady of the house."
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2021
They never demanded the impossible. made no offensive remarks, and sometimes even smiled at the lady of the house.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
