matronly
Example Sentences
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They were often greeted with a hug from the matronly owner.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023
Out is the matronly decorum that characterized Elizabeth’s reign.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023
But Barbara Bush wasn’t thrilled with Abrams’s matronly portrait of her.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022
Tweed that for all its variations and Chanelisms still managed to look mostly matronly; stuck in the mud by the River Tay.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2022
“I know one thing. I’m not going to be married in this splendid matronly state.”
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.