How To Use Lady In A Sentence

The lady was kissing a little lap dog.
Gwenhidwy likes to drink a lot, grain alcohol mostly, mixed in great strange mad-scientist concoctions with beef tea, grenadine, cough syrup, bitter belch-gathering infusions of blue scullcap, valerian root, motherwort and lady's-slipper, whatever's to hand really. Gravity's Rainbow
I guess she would rather I expressed myself in a more ladylike manner, or at least a little more eloquently.
But try telling that to the little old lady who has waited in vain a couple of years for a vital eye operation.
We had been talking and laughing a great deal for more than half an hour when suddenly the lady burst into tears.

I have sprayed them a couple of times with soapy water, which kills some of them but doesn't harm beneficial insects like ladybirds.
This isn't helped a great deal by the characterisation of Lady Teazle: rather than manipulative coquettishness we get a slightly nervous adolescent.
At the end, instead of a fat lady singing, we get a thinner but happier Watt contentedly crooning about how great it is to be alive.
I knew what the lady had said was just a lie cooked up by my lazy, good-for-nothing parents to get me to come home.
Mickey-boy, 'if the Joy Lady is so anxious to get the baby, and sew its clothes herself, why I'll just let her,' so I did _let_ her, but it took some time to make them, so I had to wait to bring it 'til tonight. Michael O'Halloran
And there's the very useful little beetle we call the ladybug, which is not a bug, but a beetle. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
Spin, the tracks were mostly inspired by surfing, except for the instrumental "Lady Dada's Nightmare", which is an homage to Lady Gaga, and the title track, which is about "the world economic crisis. Pitchfork: Latest News
I see his sensibility as basically that of an earlier age: he is a chivalric knight devoted to his lady; this devotion is like that of a medieval Christian who lives in the world yet profoundly venerates the Virgin Mary. Sena Jeter Naslund - An interview with author
All went down alike before their charge, my lord and my lady, the Prince of the Blood, and the humblest page who bore his pouncet box. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV
Mrs Scott went across as a minuscule Great Lady - they should have seen Mrs Van L as she set off this morning! THE QUEST FOR K
In the last cliffhanger, downstairs lover Tony Head was caught sharing his Gold Blend nightcap with a mystery lady.
The name is dowitcher. article in Monday's Calendar section about the Coachella Music and Arts Festival said Paul McCartney played a portion of Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady. Undefined
They emerge, as they have again this year, as the flower buds of garlic mustard and of lady's smock appear. Times, Sunday Times
Dian Agung Nugroho's photo "F*** You (What's on her mind?)" captures a Chinese Indonesian schoolgirl flipping off an old Chinese Indonesian beggar lady. Boing Boing
He raised his visor as the smiling princess guerdoned him — raised it, and gave ONE sad look towards the Lady Fatima at her side! Novels by Eminent Hands
Like Flaubert, Daudet was a syphilitic, boasting unchivalrously that he'd caught the disease from ‘a lady from the top drawer’.
The inn we occupied had one of these porches: Madame Barbot, our landlady, and her maid, were both dressed in Breton costume, with lace-trimmed embroidered caps and aprons of fine muslin, clear-starched and ironed with a perfection which the most accomplished "blanchisseuse du fin" of Paris would find it difficult to surpass. Brittany & Its Byways
LADY GAGA is at the centre of a bidding war - to save tea from hot water.
You can put the 'blackie' up in some quarter of the house where he can move about at will without disturbing any of your own servants, and can get in and out at all hours; he will be useful, you know, in prowling about the grounds at night and ascertaining if the lady really does go to bed when she retires to her room. Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces
That's what I call a thoroughly grammatical lady," said Sal, looking after her until a turn in the road hid her from view, "and I shall try to be resigned, though the vital spark leaves this house when Mary goes. The English Orphans
He is like the showy orchis, or the lady's-slipper, or the shooting star among plants, -- a stranger to all but the few; and when an American poet says cuckoo, he must say it with such specifications as to leave no doubt what cuckoo he means, as Lowell does in his "Nightingale in the Study:" -- The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
Many of the major characters are historical figures, notably Llewellyn and David, their mother Lady Senena and their two other brothers Owen Goch “Owen the Red” and Rhodri, and King Henry III of England. Sunrise in the West, by Edith Pargeter. Book review
She passes on in unblenched majesty," said Lady Delacour. Tales and Novels — Volume 03
At one of those remarkable omnium-gatherum receptions at the Tuileries, of which I have spoken in a former chapter, she heard an American lady, to whom Louis Philippe was talking of his American recollections and of various persons he had known there, say to him, “Oh, sire, they all retain the most lively recollections of your majesty's sojourn among them, and wish nothing more than that you should return among them again!” What I Remember
She rose in rank from fair maiden to fair lady and then to duchess.
Doreen has been Haworth's lollipop lady for 11 years and she is steadily building up a family dynasty in the job.
I wanted to tell the lady in Cairo that she was exaggerating her dress, that it was unnatural and abnormal.
While on the subject of that patient, although he does eventually say: Once believed to be rare, the malady, also called celiac sprue, is now recognized more frequently thanks to sophisticated diagnostic tests. the fact remains that fifteen years ago, when this poor lady began her medical misadventures, anyone who even thought of celiac disease would have been -- correctly -- laughed out of the conference room. "How Doctors Think": A Disappointment
It was just as well he didn't as he stayed cooped up in his landlady's house. Times, Sunday Times
Well, what if I went for a nightcap at my hotel and just happened to get chatting to a lady in the bar?
The old lady sat nodding by the fire.
The mother of the chillun was a good lady an 'she let me look on the books when she read to them an' larned me the lessons 'long with her chillun. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2
The exact particulars of the similarity never came to light, but apparently the lady had, in a fit of high-minded inadvertence, had gone through the ceremony of marriage with, one quotes the unpublished discourse of Mr. Butteridge — “a white-livered skunk,” and this zoological aberration did in some legal and vexatious manner mar her social happines. The War in the Air
We can ourselves bear witness to the "hardness of the pavement" below, which Captain Wentworth feared would cause "too great a jar" when he urged the young lady to desist from the fatal leap. Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends
Priests have appealed to all parishioners to attend the celebration to honour a lady who is a highly respected and popular member of the community.
The lady watched fretfully as the men came closer to hitting Mack with their bullets and ran much faster than before as their rage intensified.
There was an old lady who swallowed a crab. why did she grad that crawling crab?
No doubt Mr Mutley is well aquatinted with the way dogs mate, having mounted the lady dog the chap dog turns around and then they commence to perform the filthy act facing away from each other, having smelt pedigree chum on a dogs breath I cant say that I blame them. Double Jeopardy
England, and she kept Susan Talbot and her children in what she called their meet place, in which that good lady thoroughly acquiesced, having her hands much too full of household affairs to run after queens. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland
The lady, too, is a votary of the muses; and as I think myself somewhat of a judge in my own trade, I assure you that her verses, always correct, and often elegant, are much beyond the common run of the _lady poetesses_ of the day. The Letters of Robert Burns
She winced and screamed a very foul and unladylike oath.
Mostly it was full of anorexic patients, but once in a while I would see this one obese lady in the waiting room. Times, Sunday Times
The sun set about ten o'clock, and Lady Clare and Shag greeted its last departing rays with a whinny, accompanied by a wanton kickup from the rear -- for whatever Boyhood in Norway
Fans want efforts to be recognised She also says the honours system is unfair because she gets recognised for her work but a lollipop lady doesn't. The Sun
But the organist made his profession clear by explaining that the committee had just invited him to oblige the company with a solo on the piano, but that he had been hitting the champagne so hard that he doubted if he could tell the keys from the pedals, and he added that if they'd excuse him he would go to sleep, which he immediately did with his head on the shoulder of the lady recitationist, who tactfully tried not to notice that he was there. Cinderella And Other Stories
There was joy on the double for racing's first Lady Jessica Harrington at Leopardstown as the County Kildare trainer saddled the winners of the two feature races.
Not sure I can visualise the little carts – but the multitude of vibrant flowers described with intense joy opened a triumphal way to the vision of that extraordinary gypsy lady whose beauty and style impressed you so much. Gens du voyage - French Word-A-Day
His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal, a pariah.
Little tiny lace panties sold rolled up like ladyfingers, and in a myriad of gem tones, sit in a case on the front counter.
Of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" he wrote, "The lechery scenes are the best. The Life Well-Read
It was a curious position for a lady — this being known as a repudiated wife; and it is worthy of observation that the The Europeans
Lady Macbeth has nothing personal against the men, women and children she must destroy to clear her husband's way to power - her purposefulness is pure.
Somehow he managed to compose himself sufficiently to doff his hat to her and to say most civilly, `My lady, how nice to see you. NOBLE BEGINNNINGS
The intolerant citizens have called for a nation-wide general strike to bring down the deep-rooted stratocracy in Burma, due to the junta\'s insistence of barring the Lady to participate in the country\'s political reform process. ' Burma Question - sill a matter of regional concern
She swallowed a humph, then nearly groaned aloud when, clapping her hands, Lady Hightham urged them to gather around for some music. ON A WICKED DAWN
Guardastagno (forgetting the lawes of respect and loyall friendship) became overfondly enamoured, expressing the same by such outward meanes, that the Lady her selfe tooke knowledge thereof, and not with any dislike, as it seemed, but rather lovingly entertained; yet she grew not so forgetfull of her honour and estimation, as the other did of faith to his friend. The Decameron
Bring your lady Thursday nights (dollar dranks from 10pm to 1am).
John Hales, clerk of the hanaper, a learned and able man, and, like all who espoused this party, a zealous protestant, had written, and secretly circulated, a book in defence of the claims of the lady Catherine, and he had also procured opinions of foreign lawyers in favor of the validity of her marriage. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
Further down, below the moor, the laneside verge was bright with lady's-smock, the so-called cuckooflower that blooms when the first cuckoo calls. Country Diary: North Derbyshire
Apollyon was his Second Lieutenant, ranking below only Lady Alysia and the Prince himself.
There's even more proof in the new duets album: While the pairings add to the jollity Lady Gaga is amazingly likable, and not at all trampy, on "The Lady Is a Tramp", the real attraction is Mr. Bennett himself. Ready for His Autumn Waltz
Kate, Madeline's ladysmaid, floated around not really doing anything and occasionally darting angry looks in my direction.
We don't trade them, except for dried fruits and at times iron and cuprite, but the Lady Ryalth can tell from knowing that prices are changing what else may be affected. The Magi'i Of Cyador
By toadying to the royal family of Crim Tartary, she was lady-in-waiting to the young Princess Angelica.
Just write something katharsis keeping going kent kew landlady problems Going like a bush fire...
Any vato out there who has had a lady like that in his life knows what I am talking about.
Put Lady Gaga in anything -- flesh-colored bra, black bustier, meat dress, artillery-undie extravaganza -- and it doesn t matter. A Newsstand Smash
One of the greatest surprises recorded by the survey is the recolonisation of Britain by the 13-spot ladybird, which was once considered extinct here. British ladybird species struggling to compete with alien invaders
The old lady is haunting her. Times, Sunday Times
Mr. Vincent will be left in the lurch; he will not even have the lady's fair hand -- her _fair_ heart is Tales and Novels — Volume 03
However young, he had to be given the courtesies due a dragonrider, so over klah and some of Lady Gana's excellent wine cake, he told us that runnerbeasts also were dying of the plague, and needed to be inoculated. Artichoke
He is imprisoned for a year for having acted as Castlewood's second in the duel, for which Lady Castlewood bitterly reproaches him, and on his release joins the army and fights in the war of the Spanish Succession.
She was plain-featured, and had rather a severe expression on her face; her dress was as rich as any morning dress could be; her voice deep and unmodulated, -- what in a lower rank of life would have been called gruff; but that was not a word to apply to Lady Cuxhaven, the eldest daughter of the earl and countess. Wives and Daughters
When I arrived, I was standing outside a normal brick house, there were no witches passing by or broomsticks parked in the garden, so I felt brave enough to knock on the door, the door was answered by a lady not much older than me, I was in shock!
Look there, and tell me, without partiality, which is the handsomest of those two that lie asleep, the young man or the young lady. ' Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights
But what was remarkable in the lady was, that although her features were handsome, and upon the whole pleasing, the pupil of each eye was dimmed with the whiteness of cataract, and she was evidently stone-blind. The Purcell Papers
You know, Raymond, very often, we hear about so-called jailhouse justice, where other inmates take on the role of Lady Justice -- for instance, in the double murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Simpson. CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2008
Do but assure me that I shall find you almost as merry as my Lady Anne Wentworth is always, and nothing shall fright me from my purpose of seeing you as soon as I can with any conveniency. Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)
Cancer has become the most threatening malady next to cardiovascular diseases.
He says the crossing patrol has poor visibility because of parked cars and the lollipop lady has to weave in between stationary vehicles.
The lonely old lady filled up the time between supper and retiring with solitaire.
A good surgeon must have an eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart, and a lady’s hand.
Meat pies would be dished up with sauce squeezed by the lady behind the counter and full strength beers would be served in bottles.
At length the young lady raised her head and looked steadily at his intelligent face.
I had to try Venezuelan food so I stepped inside and asked the lady (Flor, I suppose) if she could pack me an arepa and a small salad, to go.
The lady of the house had no difficulty in partnering off her beautiful daughter for the evening with a smart young man.
She made her Royal Opera debut as Lady de Hautdesert in Sir Harrison Birtwistle's Gawain in 2000.
The old lady kept on about her illness.
I've generally been a lover of orientals and fruity-fresh scents, eschewing white florals and anything that smelled powdery or "old ladyish". Boadicea Pure and Benefit Laugh with Me Lee Lee
While many women discontinued their services along Beach Road, gays, ladyboys and ‘women of the second category’ did not.
The story goes that downtrodden Sophie works in a hat shop and one day meets the glamorous wizard Howl, a charming ladykiller who has garnered the reputation of eating girls' hearts, despite looking more like a ladyboy.
The lady in the long skirt who rode a unicycle and played a violin was named Sybil. ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1)
Mr Lang, a retired veterinary surgeon, says he can still remember the thrill of seeing the lady's slipper in Yorkshire, long before it had to be heavily guarded.
This lady was genuinely surprised at what happened to her pet.
Certainly Lady Lisa might stand as the embodiment of the old fancy, the symbol of the modern idea.
And as, in this battle of thoughts, those which spoke for her won the victory, it seemed to me becoming to address her, and I said this sonnet, which begins, 'A gentle thought '; and I called it _gentle_ because I was speaking to a gentle lady, -- but otherwise it was most vile. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859
He remembers his first governess, Miss Arkell, a grey-haired lady with traces of beard upon her large flat face and a black dress of what he calls bombasine.
His whole appearance at such times excited disgust in that lady, and she would leave his presence as soon as possible, using even the term brute to express her disgust; Matthias too, would attempt to rouse him on such occasions, to a sense of impropriety, by exclaiming, "Why, Elijah! what are you saying, what are you about?" while other persons would remove his hand, and hold him. Fanaticism; Its Source and Influence, Illustrated by the Simple Narrative of Isabella, in the Case of Matthias, Mr. and Mrs. B. Folger, Mr. Pierson, Mr. Mills, Catherine, Isabella, &c. &c. A Reply to W. L. Stone, with the Descriptive Portraits of
I shall be a bitter-looking little old lady with no muscle tone, she thought, and re-dialled Lucy.
This little lady can belt out a tune and is the triple threat. The Sun
Third, James Stuart, major-general, and colonel of the thirl j-- first regiment of foot, married Lady Margaret Hume, daughter of Hugh,. Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical
But an I wist ye would be my better lady, at that tournament I will be, so that ye will keep my counsel and let no creature have knowledge that I shall joust but yourself, and such as ye will to keep your counsel, my poor person shall I jeopard there for your sake, that, peradventure, Sir Palamides shall know when that I come. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
The eager crowd are easily malleable in the Lady's gaze.
[Page 67] * This accomplished comment to human nature was the widow of the late Willoughby lord Middleton of Woolaton in Nottinghamshire, and wife of Edward Miller Mundy, Esq. of Shipley in the county of Derby, by whom her ladyship had one daughter now living. Poems, by Mrs. M. Robinson
However, such a shocking thing as violence is hardly hinted at, and the Princess always succeeds, as the Creole lady in _Newton Forster_ said she did with the pirates, in "temporising," while her abductors confine themselves for the most part to the finest "Phébus. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800
But he was built of loyalty and unsuspicion; and though for a mere second a fear assailed him that the old lady was about to charge Reuben with playing his daughter false, he scouted the fancy hotly. Aunt Rachel
Who was that fierce old lady?
Which is more than the average lollipop lady. Times, Sunday Times
He becomes a chiselled ladykiller in polished brogues and a sharp linen suit.
A loveliness of ladybirds in the spare room, sprinting house spiders in the living room, and hungry silverfish in the kitchen are just some of the creatures that head indoors as winter sets in.
Marziya knows with money you get sweets toys, but here she is aware that what she gives the Umbrella lady will not get her anything in return..but a sweet smile .. and this is the lesson I teach Marziya , giving charity without compulsion, I teach Marziya along with photography the meaning of humility... Archive 2009-08-01
You are aware that I am the sole heir of the Hidden House estate, which, with all its dependencies is considered the largest property, as my wife would be the most important lady, in the county. The Hidden Hand
Residents need not fear an invading horde of Iceni warriors, for it is the 16 ft tall statue of Colchester's first lady that is making a comeback.
Now the landlady really does have to do something.
His slight emphasis on the word "Lady" was definitely mocking.
Walsingham assigns assistant secretary and chief intelligencer John Shakespeare to investigate the scheme and quickly concludes the Drake plot is tied to the murder of a relative of the Queen Lady Blanche Howard, whose corpse mutilated with numerous stabbings was found in a London fire. Martyr-Rory Clements « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews
If something happened at a luncheon or garden party it was bound to be all over the town by nightfall, thanks to gossipmongers like Lady Miller and her ilk.
There was a tiny old Asian lady sitting on the beach putting pebbles in a metal bowl.
My heart goes out to this lady and I would apologise to her for this attack on her person.
Erin, the mousiest of the bridesmaids, elbowed Gladys when she noticed, only to find herself subtly rebuked with a withering glare from Cheryl, whose short brown hair and severe temperament remained unchanged for the happy occasion. Crossed
Previous to her marriage she was head "saleslady" at the "Little Sailor" * novelty shop, corner of Quai Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1
Tabu does full justice to the spirit of Lady Macbeth; scheming, greedy, manipulative, yet not stonehearted enough to drink wine laced with blood.
The birds and lady-beetles devour them bodily, the larvæ of the lace-wings and syrphid-flies extract their blood while the wasps live as internal parasites. An Elementary Study of Insects
-- But I had the impression that the author of the Spectator was afflicted with a dropsy, or some such inflated malady, to which persons of sedentary and bibacious habits are liable. The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
“I daresay,” agreed Lady Armitage, more sharply, but her expression mellowed into thoughtfulness. The Blackstone Key
Amelican lady you say down-stair, she buy heap pearls, so I bring Missy cumshaw. Peking Dust
My name is Pippa, and please milady, I am taught to address you as such.
So in the end, she decided to make beef carbonade, the perfect thing for a chilly winter night, and the red meat less likely to upset the bird lady than a murdered chicken might. Fascination
Lady Macbeth uses alcohol and Satan to ‘unsex’ her and make her strong.
I have scarcely ever heard anything equal to her, and her pronunciation of every language — begad, of every language — seems to me to be perfect; and the best houses in London must open before a young lady who has such talents, and, allow an old fellow to say, Miss The History of Pendennis
Indeed, the hermetics symbolized a particular altered state—a kind of specialized trance—as a lady of dark complexion.53 The Templar Revelation
There are a lot of Chinese staples that have been rehabilitated, as well as stylish upgrades of items owned by any older Chinese lady, such as tatami back cushions. NYT > Travel
There will be Mass celebrated on this date at 3pm, in the Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Dublin.
The “terminal” consists of one open room with a dark, creepy bathroom with no light and a pupusa lady at the front with a sandia (watermelon) lady, also the lady to pay to use the (no luz) unlit bathroom. Archive 2008-08-01
_Abigail_ had any relation to the Lady Masham, is, therefore, quite supererogative -- but I may go farther. Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role
A most wonderful lady of sterling qualities, she was deeply religious.
Plucky Anna bounces back from her ordeal the next morning, so eager is she to get a Van Gogh back to the nice lady who deserves it, but a Romanian tycoon dispatches a tiny hit woman to steal the painting away. Touch of Evil
From the distracted and despairing man whom love and longing trepan from the lover under passion’s ban the prisoner of transport and distraction from this Kamar al-Zaman son of Shahriman to the peerless one of the fair Houris the pearl-union to the Lady Budur daughter of King Al Ghayur The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
He died in comparative poverty, but was buried in Westminster Abbey, where Lady Anne Clifford, countess of Dorset, paid for his handsome monument.
'I was told – I was assured –' said Bellamy, 'that a mad bull was running wild about the country; and I thought it, therefore, advisable to send for a chaise from the nearest inn, that I might return this young lady to her friends.' Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
In the Zhejiang University, where he found a ladybug teaches genetic mosaic splash dominant phenomenon.
Our flat, above the camel market, was leased from Signora, an old Italian lady who lived downstairs.
'E's been called orf to see a lady who couldn't wait. Oh! Susannah! A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts
Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane Oh - so you have been "seeing" a young lady called Mary Jane Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Her own brother Theo despised cats, the Major complained when Sidhi dug in his flower beds, Duncan treated him with polite indifference, Felicity pronounced him unsanitary, and Meg lived in a bed-sit in Kilburn with a landlady she described as ferocious—no good prospects there. All Shall Be Well
Revenge is sweet, saith the phrasemonger, and to the old lady whose discipline had been flouted and whose amour propre had been rudely shaken it was very sweet indeed. Who Cares? a story of adolescence
By night, he toils on his self-indulgent solo art film, obsessively documenting the minutiae of his life while the bigger picture-the growing distance between him and his foxy French lady friend Marlene-eludes him.
That lady, having discovered that her guest's gloves needed mending, was working over them with pieces of Indian-tanned buckskin and beeswaxed thread, the picture of domestic content. The Ranch at the Wolverine
As to the conversation carried on between the clergyman and the earthbound spirit, the same authoress has described a similar one when recording the adventures of Lord and Lady Wynford in Glamis Castle (Ghosts I Have Seen, p. 175). The Land of Mist
Then on the heels of this procession came a dogcart driven by a man in a billycock hat and containing a lady in dark green. The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll
There will be a valuable prize for the best-dressed lady attending on the night.
She was a lady of a haughty temper.
The ghost of Lady Margaret is supposed to haunt this chapel.
But Shaheed was staring at a maidan in which lady doctors were being bayoneted before they were raped, and raped again before they were shot. G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Mosques of Secular Muslim Writers
Her Ladyship held that constructive knowledge, in the sense that the customer had the means of knowledge, was not enough.
An anti fox-hunting lady refers to fox-hunting as a ‘moral issue’.
To tell true, we were always frightened of her though, milady. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
I made out an elderly lady, propped up, silvery hair rippling across her shoulders.
Chinese lady well known as a munificent patron of the faith, and I believe another at Nanking, but I do not know if it is complete or not [757]. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3
Lady, are you a few aces short of a deck?
A masty [mastiff] is handsomer to me than the most exact little dog that ever lady played withal. Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)
Ricciardo loving this Madam Catulla, and using all such means whereby the grace and liking of a Lady might be obtained; found it yet a matter beyond possibility, to compasse the height of his desire: so that many desperate and dangerous resolutions beleagred his braine, seeming so intricate and unlikely to affoord any hopefull yssue, as hee wished for nothing more then death. The Decameron
Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane Oh - so you have been "seeing" a young lady called Mary Jane Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
1. 4Lady Macbeth speaks in soliloquy about driving a implicitly squeamish Mac. to seize a throne. Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia
The lady returned to her side, her dress rustling softly as it slid along the smooth surface.
He saw an old lady in furs.
It may here be mentioned that a close examination of the ground has shown that there was formerly the usual "slype," or open pathway, running from the cloister-garth, between the south transept and the Chapter House, to the canons 'cemetery on the southern side of the Lady Chapel. Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less
They rocked the world with Fantasia and Snow White and Lady and the Tramp, but Mulan and the Lion King and Beauty and the Beast were rather lame as far as I've heard.
The clinician must look for tuberculosis, and confirm or exclude this treatable malady in any patient who presents with gastrointestinal disease.
She put in quite a reasonable quantity of time yarning with Norm Purves' good lady, and I had a beer or two with old Norm and some of the other chappies there.
Priests have appealed to all parishioners to attend the celebration to honour a lady who is a highly respected and popular member of the community.
She has her matchmaking work cut out for her when she encounters the pretty but hoydenish Lady Deborah Western.
Mints. wild bergamot, and yarrow, attract the American Painted Lady, Anise Swallowtail, Gray Hairstreak, Monarch, and Red Admiral.
At 11 am there will be a May procession to bless the new grotto to Our Lady in the garden in Spring Gardens.
A lady with a flatulent Pekinese on her lap chipped in to tell us that the National Canine Defence League has changed its name to the Dogs Trust because its committee realised that very few people these days understand the word ‘canine’.
It represented a young lady called Jacky, and had been taken at the time when young ladies called Jacky were often photographed with their mouths open. Howards End
Lady Kicklebury wears a front, and, I make no doubt, a complete jasey; or she certainly would have let down her back hair at this minute, so overpowering were her feelings, and so bitter her indignation at her daughter's black ingratitude. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh
After the exam I was handed off to the saleslady; we found frames identical to my present set.
The smothering saleslady held the dress up to me.
Why, the old Peer, pox of his tough constitution, (for that malady would have helped him on,) has made shift by fire and brimstone, and the devil knows what, to force the gout to quit the counterscarp of his stomach, just as it had collected all its strength, in order to storm the citadel of his heart. Clarissa Harlowe
The young lady in the inquiry office was very forthcoming.
I am ycleped J. Keyser -- I was born at Spring, hys Garden, My father toe make me ane clerke erst did essaye, But a fico for ye offis -- I spurn ye losels offeire; For I fain would be ane butcher by'r ladykin alwaye. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers
Charity was a pronounced element in the show — the spectacle of this strange young soul, in despair or recklessness, chaotically seeking occasions for compassion: taking a bath with a homeless man (“Who gets trench foot in the year 2002?!”), or romancing an elderly lady. Brit Wit
Bless her heart! she bery kind lady, she make fine wife for buckra man. Obi Melodrama Act I, Obi, Praxis Series, Romantic Circles
I fail to see," a dignified young lady stated, "what Cazaio, at least, has to do with your galimatias. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes
inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady
Thus it is my holy benison to be employed by this excellent Lady and is why I am writing to you in this capacity. Ellis Weiner: Recent O'Donnell Fundraising Letter
He would have had little chance against them had not the slender lady very pluckily pulled up and returned to his help. The War of The Worlds
That's enough of your lip, young lady!
Last night I caught just a snatch of it, an interview with an ancient black lady living in one of the squatter towns (informal settlements).
We've been experimenting with yellow wax beans, purple dwarf beans, purple tee pee, golden tee pee and our best stringless runner beans, white lady.
And as we know very well that a lady who is skilled in dancing or singing never can perfect herself without a deal of study in private, and that the song or the minuet which is performed with so much graceful ease in the assembly-room has not been acquired without vast labour and perseverance in private; so it is with the dear creatures who are skilled in coquetting. The Memoires of Barry Lyndon
Patrick-street, Dublin -- the lady who used to boast of her "bag of farthin's," and regale herself before each encounter with a pennorth of the "droppin's o 'the cock. Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell
It was expected that a gentleman would pay a polite compliment to a lady of his acquaintance, but quite another matter to be seen to mean it.

How To Use Lady In A Sentence

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