Gladys
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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When he sat in reception, Gladys was on his mind as he considered where he was.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
O’Brien, in fright makeup and wig, looked like Aunt Gladys, the orange-haired witch in the horror movie “Weapons.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
“What that will be, I don’t know. I like mystery in things, and Gladys is a mystery, but I trust Zach implicitly,” Madigan said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
Of Aunt Gladys, she told Deadline: "This is a woman who knows what she has to do, and she does it."
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026
Gladys lingered by her cart, organizing the dirty dishes, slowly, into neat stacks before rolling them away to the kitchen where Nivea and Chucha would wash them.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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