madam

Example Sentences

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McBride thanked the chair, calling them "madam," and began to speak before Keating demanded that McBride be addressed correctly.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

“Poor Things” features Bella, a reanimated woman who has to invent her life, and her guideposts are a prostitute, a brothel madam and a former actress.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Speaker Frank: A simple matter of coordination, madam.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

I asked the hotel manager whether there were damages to be paid; he told me, 'No madam, nothing was broken, everything was simply disassembled'.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2023

“It’s behind the house, madam; it’s terrible muddy back there. Your gown will be ruined.”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman