virago

Example Sentences

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Ms. Boycott chose the name — a virago is defined both as a strong, heroic woman and as a harpy — and it fit the mission, and perhaps also Ms. Callil’s persona.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2022

Yet, tellingly, this virago is also the creation of a male writer-director.

From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2018

“HLN’s virago of vengeance,” the New York Times dubbed her in 2011.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2016

“Jackson is an awesome virago who delivers her lines like bayonet thrusts,” Time magazine drama critic T.E.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2016

And the virago turned to her hen-pecked husband.

From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)