queen mother
Example Sentences
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Idia was a 16th century queen mother from the Kingdom of Benin.
From Reuters
“I just adore Jacob,” Erica Hallmark, the queen mother, gushed.
From New York Times
At one point, as Carter stood with the queen and other guests, he noticed the arrival of the queen mother.
From Seattle Times
We also see her washing Ralphie’s mouth out with a huge bar of red soap after he says “the queen mother of dirty words.”
From New York Times
“The queen mother of gnarly,” she called herself, a sensibility embodied in her poem “Hands,” which when she performed it featured her arthritis-distorted hands front and center:
From New York Times
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