matronly
Example Sentences
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Manic, glitch-like tics betray his Suzannah’s matronly composition, and she shocks herself with her indignity.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024
The dress was off the shoulder; she is clearly attuned to the small details that ensure that, at 71, she never looks matronly.
From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023
Out is the matronly decorum that characterized Elizabeth’s reign.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023
The wavy coif and puffy jowls of the father disguised as a matronly housekeeper.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2022
Her older sister, Margaret, was matronly and dignified, probably from having assumed matronly and housewifely responsibilities too early in life, their mother having died when they were quite young.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
