queen bee
Example Sentences
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"The queen bee gave me a blank stare and said: 'You've ruined my night.'"
From BBC
Mrs. Choi is the queen bee of Autumn’s well-off neighborhood, and her Southern twang is like her designer shoes—something she never forgets to put on before she leaves the house.
From Literature
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Every actor oozed Main Character Energy, but the plot fully revolved around Silverstone’s Cher, the effervescent queen bee of Beverly Hills.
From Los Angeles Times
The four Ghostbusters, for instance, bring distinct skills and backgrounds to the table, while the witches in “The Craft” each embody a different archetype of teenage girlhood, from outcast to queen bee.
From Salon
He said swarming typically occurred when a surplus queen bee leaves a hive with part of the colony to set up a new one somewhere else.
From BBC
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