mistress

Example Sentences

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“Rebecca was still mistress of Manderley,” the narrator worries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

After two-and-a-half hours, the show ends with Gaga announcing she has defeated the "mistress of mayhem".

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

A cartoon by Isaac Cruikshank, Frailties of Fashion, shows just such a scene, with the prince arm in arm with his long-term mistress, Mrs. Fitzherbert, and the diminutive Duchess of York; both women are padded.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

She’s a natural, a self-starter, a quick learner, a hard bargainer, a mistress of disguise — really just putting on a wig, some good clothes and a posh British or American accent.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024

“Of course they will join us,” her mistress said through gritted teeth.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood