Min's leap to obey would have satisfied the hardest taskmistress. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Rising]
The teacher, Ghada, is a strong-featured taskmistress in her late 30s. From Wordnik.com. [Baghdad Music and Ballet School Soldiers On] Reference
Oh indeed, she said, the taskmistress was short of hands and making everyone miserable. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
It was my bad luck the taskmistress was greedy, and my good luck she was none too clever. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
The centaur was a harsh taskmistress - which was of course why she had been given the job. From Wordnik.com. [Labor Policy] Reference
I went to the tharais taskmistress of the dining court to ask if I might serve that night. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
She is the Obedient Daughter, the German taskmistress, the kind but firm maker and keeper of rules. From Wordnik.com. [What Tina Fey Wants] Reference
The taskmistress of the napkins was a woman of eminence among tharais, and she wanted me to know it. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
THE yoke of Poverty galled him exceedingly, and he hated his taskmistress with a most rancorous hatred. From Wordnik.com. [Drolls From Shadowland] Reference
Over and over she drilled us, a relentless taskmistress, until all of us could name and recite them by rote. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
The taskmistress could have taken the coins and sold my secret to a real thrush, without letting me guess she had peeped. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
I epublish with a magazine called The Edge of Propinquity, and my editor there is both amazing and a taskmistress like whoa. From Wordnik.com. [Transcript: A Conversation with Seanan McGuire and Lucy Snyder « Coyote Con] Reference
Suppose dawn arrived before the porter, and some taskmistress caught me in tharos garb in the manufactory, and took me to Gnathin?. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
The negresses who worked under her eye found her a hard taskmistress. From Wordnik.com. [Audrey] Reference
I also remember my mother was a stern taskmistress when it came to driving. From Wordnik.com. [Daytona Beach News-Journal Online] Reference
We ought not to picture Duty to ourselves, or to others, as a stern taskmistress. From Wordnik.com. [The Pleasures of Life] Reference
But my fair taskmistress only paused, with her finger on the page, smilingly to rebuke me, and then went on with the dictation. From Wordnik.com. [The Eye of Osiris] Reference
Besides these there were others, who, finding art too hard a taskmistress and too niggardly in her rewards, sought other employment. From Wordnik.com. [Jack 1877] Reference
It seemed the taskmistress’s estimation of me rose. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
Here, give this to the wretched taskmistress and tell her she’s lucky to get it. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
I ducked my head and said in a small voice, This one doesn’t mean to offend, taskmistress. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
Day was dawning when I gave the copper beadcoins to Nephelais’s taskmistress and told her I would like to serve again. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
When she came she hadn’t known how to spin, and her taskmistress had covered her arms with pinches from sharpened fingernails. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
The taskmistress here in the dining court says she’ll have me killed for a thrush if I don’t give her five golden beadcoins. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
The taskmistress was plump, for a tharais, with soft, sagging jowls, and I didn’t expect the fierceness I found in her expression. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
I am a cruel taskmistress. From Wordnik.com. [All I can do; so Linda can sleep.] Reference
I am such a cruel taskmistress!. From Wordnik.com. [Three things the world needs, starting with Victoria Secret lingerie and me] Reference
Nature was a stern taskmistress. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Reader, Second Series] Reference
Is Scorpio a stern taskmistress?. From Wordnik.com. [HerScopes] Reference
But the new taskmistress is even worse. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
Severe taskmistress! ye your hearts have sold. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 1] Reference
Kyla makes a good taskmistress. From Wordnik.com. [my aim is true] Reference
That Kirsty's a hard taskmistress. From Wordnik.com. [Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
"You are a hard taskmistress.". From Wordnik.com. [Xone of Contention]
Of course the taskmistress couldn’t be trusted. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
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