grandes dames
- plural of grande dame.
Example Sentences
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Until her death last year, Helen Vendler was one of the grandes dames of American letters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The grandes dames of British theatre reminisced about their lives and careers, with searing honesty and humility.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025
For gay men of a certain stripe who make icons of tenacious pop divas and glamorous grandes dames, it’s a tale as old as Broadway.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
Friends since the ‘90s, two of rock’s grandes dames gather to discuss Faithfull’s new album, “She Walks in Beauty,” and their near-death experiences in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2021
If these are grandes dames, I prefer les petites whom I see in my neighbourhood, the Rue Notre-Dame de Lorette.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
