Example Sentences

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If there were a shortcut, the school’s doyennes probably would’ve figured it out by now.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2022

At the Carlyle hotel, a pair of Upper East Side doyennes are discussing their country homes between mincing bites of their $30 salads.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2021

Radziwill’s world was inhabited by doyennes of high society, artistic celebrities, fashion moguls and wealthy, prominent husbands - including one whose royal status made her a real-life princess.

From Reuters • Feb. 16, 2019

She describes high fashion, fast cars, caviar, big hair, and a gossip eco-system ruled by doyennes like Liz Smith and Cindy Adams.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2017

Further complicating 13th Street’s legacy is that its petite and fiery founder, Edith O’Hara, is now 100, and one of the last doyennes of the early Off Off Broadway movement.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2017