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
José Kuri, a founder of Mexico City’s landmark gallery Kurimanzutto, recently referred to her as “the grande dame of Brazilian art.”
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2023
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
“She was the grande dame of letters in Los Angeles for decades,” said author, critic and Jewish Journal book editor Jonathan Kirsch.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2023
To be the grande dame of the beautiful, terrible past.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
