Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

How to use duenna in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word duenna? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
Her mother, too, betrayed her, used her as a pawn, a duenna for Sadie and the father.
The president's foreign policy duenna and his grumpy grampy over at the Pentagon are suddenly mud wrestling.
Ariel's ineffectual male duenna Sebastian, a crab, tried walking sideways for a while, but that didn't fly.
The result is hypnotic rather than instructive and, like TV cookery programmes, it's a cinematic experience resembling lap dancing overseen by a duenna.
Examples from Classical Literature
And turned off for pinching the duenna, or affronting my lady's waiting-woman?
Is it the fierce and farouche duenna who wanted to annihilate me so when I bade you adieu one night?
She felt that she had been rather remiss in her duties as duenna, and was angry with herself.
She kept me in sight like a duenna, and strangely ill-treated me.
That's her instituted governess, duenna, dragon, what you will.
For if we look into the matter, sirs, where, I ask, can a duenna with a beard to to?
He told me that O'Brien had the duenna called to his room that morning.
But what could evade the lynx-eyed vigilance of the duenna of old?
It is to be observed the duenna was of a most obliging disposition.
Then the duenna resumed, and now came the worst of her story.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
6-letter Words Starting With
Find Sentences
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024