matron
Example Sentences
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Behind her back, the other matrons make snarky remarks about her while sipping her tea; we learn all this because we share Millie’s point of view and the moms speak freely in front of her.
Faith plays a goth schoolgirl in the film, Imrie plays a school matron, while Sir Stephen plays himself, as the school quiz master.
From BBC
She asked to speak to the matron and was "ushered into the kitchen where a teenage girl was eating rice".
From BBC
Seema cosplaying a garden society matron certainly isn’t the worst vision this show has served.
From Salon
She arrived for breakfast looking elegant in a black-and-white caftan, the picture of an Upper West Side matron, a matron without a sizable body count.
From New York Times
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