duenna
Example Sentences
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Georgian discipline . . . a sketch of Sheridan’s duenna, or chaperone The early life of 18th-century playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan sounds like the stuff of .
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2010
Tatum's duenna, friend and confidante on the set is Diane Lewis, 34, the wife of Hedgemon, a black boxer Ryan O'Neal promoted.
From Time Magazine Archive
The couple eluded their Soviet duenna, fleeing by taxi across the Swedish border, and sought refuge at the American embassy in Stockholm.
From Time Magazine Archive
A shy woman, virtuous and retiring, caring only for her % children, but determined to fulfil her role as duenna, as figurehead, as matriarch.
From Time Magazine Archive
Revolutionist conspirators did not go to art-classes and do not walk only under the chaperonage of an ancient duenna.
From The Azure Rose A Novel by Kauffman, Reginald Wright
