dame

Example Sentences

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She was made a dame in 2009, and has also acted as a senior adviser to the British government and the United Nations on artificial intelligence.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Twila is, in Hollywood parlance, a “firecracker” — you know, the tough-talking dame who inevitably nurses a wounded heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

England women's football coach Sarina Wiegman was made an honorary dame.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

The pair said becoming a dame and a sir respectively was "wonderful and humbling at the same time".

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

Then there are others, and this dame was one of them, who can drain off energy and joy, can suck pleasure dry and get no sustenance from it.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck