signora
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“When I called, they said, ‘Don’t worry, signora.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 12, 2020
Germany, England and the Netherlands may have a more macho, run-till-you-drop approach, but Italy is a signora, a lady who entices and strikes when you get too close.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2014
The signora wouldn’t want it any other way.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2014
The signora admits to being a woman of character and says that I have no backbone.
From Time Magazine Archive
“We would have gotten away with it!” he complained as he placed it on the floor in front of the signora.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
I sought my ideal of a woman amongst English ladies, French countesses, Italian signoras, and German gräfinnen.
From Jane Eyre by F. H. Townsend
How glad the signoras will be to hear that the countess has positively gone, never to return!
From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
She could not resist the woman's triumph over those arrogant signoras who now cringed in homage where they had once slighted with disdain.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
The signoras, and signorinas, fell upon them and gormandized; but the signors eyed them with reasonable suspicion.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
"Look round the hall, signoras, and see if any of you can pick him out from the rest of us."
From A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The attitudes of many Italians toward Mr. B. are reminiscent of how their forebears regarded the signore, or lord.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2011
"Si, signore," answered the man, with the national sunny smile, although Waterhouse's final gratuity had been but a franc.
From Dorothy and other Italian Stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson
Will the signore see if the blade is keen enough?
From The Heart of Denise and Other Tales by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats
Sit down, signore, I meant no offence, and my name is Niccolo Machiavelli.
From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats
"I have had experience, signore," he answered, as he rose to go.
From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats
