madonna

Example Sentences

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Her vibe is not victim or naïve innocent or madonna, often a tactic for female defendants.

From New York Times • May 19, 2022

What ensues is a pleasant road trip with the good-natured fellow and two wandering souls: a young woman escaping her fate as a madonna and a teenage boy leaving home.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2014

In 1987, she was asked to create a public sculpture for Münster, and came up with a sunshine-yellow madonna: a potent statement in such a predominantly Catholic city.

From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2013

That's very different from Rocket to the Moon which, in a secular equivalent to madonna or whore, features women as muse or monster.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2011

My mother lit the candles for the brown madonna and we knelt.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya