governess

Example Sentences

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When Elizabeth saw the manuscript, she wrote to a friend that “the governess has gone off her head.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House as a governess with a secret, which would be enough for many a novel set in Victorian England.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

Margot, whose name we have changed, was 19 when she responded to a job advertisement in The Lady magazine in 1985, for a position as a nanny and governess in Surrey.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

Follow along as Maria serves as governess for the seven children of the stern Captain, bringing music to their lives in the form of timeless songs like “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Do Re Mi” and “Edelweiss.”

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

And how am I to look less like a governess when that is precisely what I am?”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood