young lady

Example Sentences

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For thirty years she had worked as a governess in wealthy families and she continually compared our behavior with that of the young ladies and gentlemen she was used to.

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Eugene Hammond noticed her too, saying to Dad, “I hope the young lady suffered no injury.”

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“Let’s try it! We’ll just take Miss St. James’s hairbrush and a perfume bottle or two—something to gussy up Theo’s room and make it look as though a young lady lives there.”

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"I'd wait, young lady. You can get into trouble," he shouted.

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“The people in and about Rochester have been knocked almost out of their senses lately, by a family of quite pretty young ladies …” gushed the Weekly Argus, introducing Albany’s citizens to the fabulous Fox sisters.

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