grande dame
Example Sentences
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Today’s glass and steel tower over the bones of what was once the grande dame of colonial luxury, the Hong Kong Hotel.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
Some years ago, I was a guest for lunch there, the plus-one of an English friend who had been invited by Vanderlip’s grande dame daughter-in-law Elin.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024
The first pick here comes from a grande dame of Australian letters, although she would probably balk at the term.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024
One such crime took place at the city's most graceful grande dame, the 233-room Imperial Hotel, in 1897.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2023
They were boarding a train for Oxford to meet Dorothy Hodgkin, the grande dame of crystallography.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
