| By ones, twos, and threes her descendants came to mourn over their progenitress. |
| She was a worthy progenitress of a long line of most charming women novelists. |
| According to the legend, the Prague Castle was founded by the Princess Libuše, the progenitress of Czech kings of the House of Přemysl. |
| When Desi does speak, it is not with the passion and force of her theatrical progenitress. |
| A karasu was said to be the messenger of the sun goddess, Amaterasu, Japan's mythical progenitress, from whom the imperial family claimed descent. |
| The book of Ruth embraces the foreign wife, Ruth the Moabitess, and gives her the honorific role of progenitress in King David's lineage. |
