procuress

Example Sentences

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The cases of the gambler and the procuress did not excite Atlantic County interest as examples of routine viciousness, but as the first definite results of an unusually elaborate crusade conducted by a newspaper.

From Time Magazine Archive

It represents the steadfastness of the maiden Melibaea against the entreaties of her lover Calisto and the much more crafty, indeed almost successful, wiles of the procuress, Celestine.

From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold

In France the true ruler was Madame de Pompadour, once the King's mistress, now his procuress, and a sort of feminine prime minister.

From Montcalm and Wolfe by Parkman, Francis

The art which can stoop to be "procuress to the lords of hell," is art no longer.

From Confessions and Criticisms by Hawthorne, Julian

Such writers do not understand that nothing does or can exist except the ideal; nor is their art-philosophy other than "procuress to the lords of hell."

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil