The dame had little use for her sick husband. From LearnThat.org.
My grand-dame is sharp of hearing and light of slumber. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Apple Tree] Reference
Chess-players may have borrowed the word dame from the game of draughts. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: CHESS WORDS.] Reference
In the animal wing a strange-looking dame is down at the end, talking to a sleepy tiger. From Wordnik.com. [It's Like This, Cat] Reference
Wrongly am I called dame; but I know well that he who calls me dame knows not that I am a maid. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
Moved out of herself by the nearness of death, the titled dame had reverted to childish days, speaking her thoughts aloud. From Wordnik.com. [All Aboard A Story for Girls] Reference
By the way, the pink ones are called dame's rocket. From Wordnik.com. [DesignerBlog] Reference
But hey, if you need to know more, call the dame up. From Wordnik.com. [The Pursuit of Happiness] Reference
Not one word dame Chat I say, not one word for my cote. From Wordnik.com. [Gammer Gurton's Needle] Reference
I've definitely been called a dame a time or two in my life. From Wordnik.com. [Perfumes for a Dame] Reference
But let's a 'go together, an' I warrant our dame will be the first, an 'she'll stand. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)] Reference
Arundhati, said unto her, 'Solicit thou the boon, O auspicious dame, which is in thy heart!'. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
But the good dame entered into her bath again, and called dame Hersent, and told the adventure of the knight. From Wordnik.com. [Old French Romances] Reference
The dame was a-sleeping yet, and whenas she awoke he held her betwixt his arms, and prayed her that she would give him a gift. From Wordnik.com. [Old French Romances] Reference
Indeed, the dame was the actual owner of the craft, and, from skipper to cabin-boy, governed not only our actions but our stomachs. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
England's mighty dame is too genteel. From Wordnik.com. [The Age Reviewed] Reference
A flashy hodge-podge, by a certain dame. From Wordnik.com. [The Age Reviewed] Reference
She was a great "dame" and an example for all of us. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Ms. Ann -- A great leader, an inspiring feminist, and a good ol' gal] Reference
On the use of the word "dame" we have already commented. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
I don't know whether you ever saw this "dame" of Skinny's or not Julie. From Wordnik.com. [Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie] Reference
"Ah! 'dame', they're not making such a show on the first floor as they are on the second.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It must have been impossible for Frank to imagine that he was being treated this way by a 'dame'. From Wordnik.com. [Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth]
This ancient dame is your Grandmother?. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Apple Tree] Reference
She was a "dame" in the best old sense of the word. From Wordnik.com. [VF Daily] Reference
She was the kind of dame you could have, for a price. From Wordnik.com. [Jezebel] Reference
Another, rather rarer, is the 'dame's rocket,' also a night flower. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1906] Reference
A "dame:" she contentedly crowns herself with the tiara of her rank. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873] Reference
She was obsessed with not appearing to be a grande dame. From Wordnik.com. [The Kay We Loved] Reference
For years, I fought my own mother's great-dame strategies. From Wordnik.com. [Not Their Mothers' Choices] Reference
And I mean, I have watched a lot of footage of this dame, okay. From Wordnik.com. [Tammy Wynette: The 'Tragic Country Queen'] Reference
But the grand dame of British fashion isn't only about the fun. From Wordnik.com. [New Twists From Vivienne Westwood] Reference
Still, there was energy and charm to our slightly declasse dame. From Wordnik.com. [OUT OF THE RUBBLE... CONDOS AND SLOTS?] Reference
I like her even more for being such a classy dame when she leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 3 Recap: Everybody Hates Gretchen] Reference
That evening I received from M.dame Pierson a letter addressed to M. R. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But like dry wood, the experienced dame cracks and rejoices in the flame. From Wordnik.com. [A Bawdy Milton Poem, Or 17th Century Fraud?] Reference
I pour my coffee and recite "La belle dame sans merci" until I am myself again. From Wordnik.com. [The Storefront Poet] Reference
To learn more about becoming a self-defending dame, please watch for my further blogs. From Wordnik.com. [Melissa Soalt: Got Fierce? How to Become a Self-Defending Dame!] Reference
And Torrent says Bruni can't do worse than Sarkozy's original première dame, Cécilia, 50. From Wordnik.com. [An Affair to Remember] Reference
Down the hill, the talk of Atherton is Carol Bartz, CEO of Autodesk and the Valley's grande dame. From Wordnik.com. [Cyber Toy Story] Reference
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