kept woman
Example Sentences
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We get no more information than she does, as the film immediately drops us into the disorientation of Jean’s world as the kept woman of a man we soon learn is some kind of gangster.
From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2020
Emma Watson took one of her infrequent acting jobs to breathe new life into Belle, making the kept woman into something sturdier.
From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2019
The turquoise walls are covered with leafy gold filigree that sometimes seems to separate from the walls and close in on Violetta, emphasizing the social pressures on her and her status as a kept woman.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2018
Part of it is that I don't want to be a kept woman.
From Slate • Dec. 24, 2013
The other convict, named Riganson, and his kept woman, known as la Biffe, were a most formidable couple, members of the swell-mob.
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Balzac, Honoré de
