dowager
Example Sentences
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They did, for 17 additional episodes, until Spratt’s boss, the dowager countess, dismissed him.
From Los Angeles Times
His grin could charm the diamonds off a dowager — and does.
From Washington Post
Together, they reenact the events surrounding the death of a dowager in a suitably misty and remote corner of the realm, and the spectral happenings that keep the local population agitated and at bay.
From Washington Post
At 60, the museum is still going strong, a dowager disrupter.
From New York Times
Written when Christie was still in her 20s, “The Mysterious Affair” revolves around the suspicious death of a British dowager who appears to have been poisoned.
From Seattle Times
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