madam

Example Sentences

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“Poor Things” features Bella, a reanimated woman who has to invent her life, and her guideposts are a prostitute, a brothel madam and a former actress.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Speaker Frank: A simple matter of coordination, madam.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

I asked the hotel manager whether there were damages to be paid; he told me, 'No madam, nothing was broken, everything was simply disassembled'.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2023

“Tickets, madam? I have a tour starting soon,” came one pitch.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2023

“Well, madam, it seems that we must part.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White