wench

Example Sentences

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Was Gutenberg really in love with a wench named Helvetica, like in the show?

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

“You definitely don’t feel like a device or a prop and you don’t feel like the sexy wench or the mother,” said Olivia Cooke, who plays the adult Alicent Hightower, longtime friend to Rhaenyra.

From Washington Times • Aug. 18, 2022

“The word wench is definitely not something that medieval people would use for a woman, especially in public, because that was a really insulting thing to call her,” Mitchell said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2018

Other changes have elicited fewer complaints than the deleted wench auction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2018

And the man took her gratefully, for she was a stout wench and good-natured, and he was a man too poor to wed except to such an one.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck