Messalina
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Later we meet Messalina, who remains a byword for manipulative awfulness.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2013
In all his tribulations his adored young wife Messalina was his greatest comfort.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Claudius the God, which followed, Graves pictured Claudius as the one Roman who believed that his wife, Messalina, was an honest woman, preserved the flavor of an old chronicle in a lively, modern story.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was necessary that he should thoroughly arouse the phlegmatic emperor and bring upon Messalina speedy destruction, or his own doom would be accomplished.
From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred
Mrs. Falkener, who couldn't on the instant remember who Messalina was, attempted to look as if she thought it would be better not to mention such people in the presence of her daughter.
From Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance by Miller, Alice Duer
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