matronly
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Transforming the elegant British, non-Jewish actress into the matronly prime minister required prosthetics for the cheeks, chin, nose and neck, plus contact lenses and a wig.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
Out is the matronly decorum that characterized Elizabeth’s reign.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
The leadership went so far as to put Mistral on the currency, and promoted her image as a matronly schoolteacher for the nation.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2023
But Barbara Bush wasn’t thrilled with Abrams’s matronly portrait of her.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
Then he saw what the figure was wearing: a shapeless dress that stretched below her knees, a matronly oatmeal-colored shawl around her shoulders.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Vocabulary lists containing matronly
The Awakening
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Novel Study: The Awakening, Chapters 1–19
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The Red Car to Hollywood
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