madam

Example Sentences

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"How would madam like her hair today?" teased Mrs Bennett, combing the hair of one of her four-year-old charges.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025

McBride thanked the chair, calling them "madam," and began to speak before Keating demanded that McBride be addressed correctly.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

These days they joke that Maya will call Kamala “big sister general” until she earns the title of madam president.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

Speaker Frank: A simple matter of coordination, madam.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

“Those belong to my madam, Mama. She brought many things from Lagos,” Ugwu said.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie