A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
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Examples for "mistress "
Examples for "mistress "
1 Tentatively, he began, 'I do not question your mistress 's wisdom and power.
2 Jake said, Anita could try to break you free of your mistress .
3 Before he could answer, Robin said, My mistress wishes to meet you.
4 Shortly the mistress of the house came in and ordered the supper.
5 And in the hospital in England Common suddenly saw his mistress again.
1 The schoolmistress cast a distressed look at the waving bag-door and said:
2 The schoolmistress did not look in the least disconsolate after Nicky's departure.
3 The schoolmistress 's grave was greener and her child rosier than of yore.
4 And that schoolmistress will work you to death: I know she will.
5 But he did not give more than a thought to the schoolmistress .
1 Other matters also disquieted him-soLin McLean was hanging round that schoolmarm !
2 Probably the county schoolmarm , seeing the scraploose way this place is put together.
3 This time she was like nothing he'd seen before: a librarian or schoolmarm .
4 The schoolmarm scrambled down, still screaming protests at the grinning rider.
5 But these were questions we could not put to the schoolmarm .
1 The schoolma'am , again feeling herself mistress of the situation, proceeded with her disciplining.
2 He had discovered that he liked to look at the schoolma'am .
3 Still it was as much as the schoolma'am , knowing Annie, could justly expect.
4 They brought him many friendly messages from the schoolma'am , to which he returned unfriendly answers.
5 And then came the schoolma'am .
7 The schoolma'am , her cheeks becomingly pink from excitement, fluttered behind the curtain for a last, flurried survey of stage properties and actors.
8 And being lectured was not at all what he had expected from the schoolma'am-andwho can fathom the mind of a man?
9 Indulgent as a kindly schoolma'am.
10 "I'm the runaway schoolma'am , " responded Miss Cordelia with a twinkle.
11 "There's the schoolma'am , " she heard in a loud whisper, as she paused for a moment upon the threshold.
12 "Who's going to pilot the schoolma'am ? "
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