landlady

Example Sentences

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The court heard the landlady and her partner escorted Gothard - who lived three or four houses from the bar - away to "calm the situation down".

From BBC • May 7, 2026

June asks the landlady, who answers, “Kid who lived here got drafted.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Ms. McDonagh also writes about Elizabeth Anscombe, who was one of the 20th century’s major philosophers, and also a student, friend and landlady of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He said Martin and Wadley had "become friends very slowly" after his release from prison when she was the landlady of the Hare and Hounds pub in Wisbech.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Madam Rosmerta, the pretty landlady, didn’t seem to think much of this; she was looking askance at Moody as she collected glasses from tables around them.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling