boss lady

Example Sentences

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“I walk around like a boss lady now,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

In the city, the Queen was affectionately called si tau por, which means "boss lady" in Cantonese.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2022

A terrific summer movie about a not-so-terrific summer, with Christina Applegate, Josh Charles and a terrific Joanna Cassidy as the boss lady from heaven.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2020

That may be why so many boss lady ventures associate themselves with a girly bombshell aesthetic.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2018

I asked for my job back at the cafe and the boss lady allowed me to return; again I served breakfast, washed dishes, carted trays of food up into the apartments.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright