Example Sentences

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"From valets to duchesses, from three-piece suits to the Roaring Twenties, there is something for every taste," it boasts on its website.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

“Love Is a Pink Cake”: Her desserts and cookbooks are beloved by designers and duchesses.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2023

“Snobbery has gone out of fashion, and in our shops you will find duchesses jostling with typists to buy the same dress,” Quant once said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2023

Much newspaper acreage has already been devoted to comparing the duchesses who at face value appear to have so much in common.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2020

Mademoiselle had entertained at dinner all the princesses and duchesses then in Paris; and she drew the conclusion, knowing the Court and the courtiers, that her exile was nearing an end.

From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede