pythoness

Example Sentences

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Against this doom Genevi�ve Tabouis, ex-political pythoness of Paris' Leftist L'Oeuvre, for seven years waged a one-woman struggle, of which these memoirs are a record.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a break, as if the pythoness had uttered the oracle, and now the woman went on, in a rhapsody-wearied voice: 'And you see, Rupert isn't this, he isn't.

From Women in Love by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

She sat convulsed with fury and violation, speechless, like a stricken pythoness of the Greek oracle.

From Women in Love by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

It can readily be imagined that, the presence of this pythoness does not tend to restore the confidence which has become somewhat shaken between the husband and wife.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys

She looked like a mad thing—like a crazed pythoness.

From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by Fleming, May Agnes