ma'am
Example Sentences
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Get out there and get on with your day, ma’am or sir!
From Slate • Jul. 26, 2025
"You were required to provide answers and, ma'am, you did not."
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024
Cohen said: "No ma'am," adding that it was not enough work for him to send an invoice.
From Salon • May 14, 2024
“Move that mic please or just get out the circle please for me, please ma’am, if you’re not subscribed to my pod,” Beverley said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024
“I just sat and held it softly till Mrs. Hummel came with the doctor. He said it was dead, and looked at Heinrich and Minna, who have sore throats. ‘Scarlet fever, ma’am.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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