debutante

Example Sentences

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Penelope lacks the silver tongue and easy charm of other young debutantes.

From Salon

“The lineup that we had at the end, there were a lot of debutantes,” Thomas said.

From Seattle Times

The Los Angeles Times ran a story in which columnist Ben Bolch referred to LSU players as “dirty debutantes” and “villains.”

From Salon

Do you prefer America’s sweethearts or its dirty debutantes?

From Los Angeles Times

“Debs at War” and “1939: The Last Season,” for instance, describe World War II and its upending of the British class system by following the lives of London debutantes.

From New York Times