matriarch

Example Sentences

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The writer lived and worked in her childhood home in Jackson, Miss.—tending to her camellias, doting on her nieces and quietly presiding for many years as the matriarch of Southern letters.

From The Wall Street Journal

Roberts, meanwhile, was the show’s matriarch on- and off-screen, known for making pots of soup in her dressing room and looking out for the cast.

From Los Angeles Times

So I do love that you highlight the city’s Indigenous roots in the script when matriarch Ilana says, “I was born in Mexico. It’s just not called that anymore.”

From Los Angeles Times

Randolph, who was favored to win, was honored for her turn as a warm, witty cafeteria matriarch in “The Holdovers.”

From New York Times

That is all part of her persona - the vocal, unfiltered, cheeky Geordie matriarch.

From BBC