ladyship

Example Sentences

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Earlier this year, when Michelle Obama’s post-First Ladyship memoir, “Becoming,” was No. 1 on the hardcover best-seller list, Kamala Harris’s “The Truths We Hold” débuted at No. 4.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019

—Pray, Ma’am, where shall I begin, did your Ladyship fold down where you left off?

From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2014

Her Ladyship, you see, likes people to fit snugly into categories, and Mr. Bedford is quite unclassifiable.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2011

Actress Vivien Merchant, named her Ladyship corespondent in a suit in 1975, but has since decided not to press for a divorce.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I hope they arrive safely,” Her Ladyship said.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan