virago

Example Sentences

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Whether the mark is worth hitting is another matter; a comic duet that pits aging, carping viragos against each other in the manner of “Bosom Buddies” from “Mame” is not perhaps a feminist anthem.

From New York Times

The character's very name is a shorthand for manipulative viragos.

From Salon

But to caricature Thatcher as either a hectoring virago or as a latter-day Boudicca is not just to indulge in lazy sexism; it contorts her psychology, her history and her approach to politics.

From New York Times

“I have decided to send the feminists, who have always ruined my life, to their Maker … I have decided to put an end to those viragos,” he wrote in his suicide note.

From The Verge

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

From The Guardian