young lady
Example Sentences
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Adek and I attended the same university, and I found him outside the library, lecturing to a trio of enthralled young ladies about the dangers facing our neighbor Czechoslovakia now that Germany had annexed Austria.
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“And speaking of those boots, perhaps it’s time you traded them in for something more appropriate to a young lady,” she added, clearing her plate from the table with a little hmmph.
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"We shared one thing…our love & caring for young ladies and the hope they'd reach their full potential."
From BBC
“Are you my son’s wife, then? Lady Constance? You are obviously energetic, and sensibly dressed, too, if a little plainly. No silly froufrous for you, I see! I admire that in a young lady.”
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Its purpose was to prepare our young ladies for a world we envisioned that they would eventually enter, including a more integrated America.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.