matron
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Seema cosplaying a garden society matron certainly isn’t the worst vision this show has served.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025
"There's no dignity in this," says senior matron Stacie Russon.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025
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 ● Nov. 29, 2024
She has been called the “godmother of stuntwomen” and “the grand matron of Hollywood stuntwomen,” working well past retirement age.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2024
A white-haired matron carries a fluffy white dog with black button eyes.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
But as so often happens, a tipple that initially made matrons clutch their pearls quickly became a regular feature on the society sideboard, and this John Collins-Tom Collins became a classic.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
“Pacific Heights matrons would bring their Dom Perignon.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
The girls were well fed but, as was the norm at the time, the matrons ran a strict regime, according to historian and Alice's granddaughter Karina Urbach.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2023
“She sounds like magic,” the town matrons sighed, and then Xan shot them a poisonous look, at which they started mumbling about the weather.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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