matriarch

Example Sentences

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The matriarch of the Mitford clan has been overshadowed by the glamorous daughters who caused her no small amount of grief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The same, he said, is true of Huerta — who “remains a matriarch of our Latino community.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Part of that idiom is the boisterous humour that the Punjab region is known for, portrayed in part through Sajawal's mother, the imposing matriarch Sohni Ammi.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

By the time she put the property on the market, the reality TV matriarch confirmed that she had moved out and into another estate she purchased in the same tony community of Hidden Hills.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

Again and again, the matriarch of the household wipes my sadness away with the end of her sari.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins