How to Use lady in a Sentence

lady

noun
  • He helped a little old lady cross the street.
  • He bumped into some lady walking to the bus stop.
  • Her mother was always telling her to act like a lady.
  • Add the tomatoes and their juice, the lady peas and the bay leaves.
    Southern Kitchen, USA TODAY, 17 July 2022
  • Watch the ladies discuss the missing submersible in the video above.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 June 2023
  • In tonight’s episode, the ladies host their first Crappie Hour.
    Mike Rose, cleveland, 23 July 2023
  • But these ladies killed that cougar with their bare hands ...
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
  • And Kristen, and all of the ladies, are masters at that.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The chili crunchy stuff with the stern lady on the bottle was the clear winner.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Whoa, that gorgeous lady is the queen of the back arch.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2022
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 3 Aug. 2022
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2022
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    Chloe Melas, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Aug. 2022
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    Jaz Garner, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    Alex Portée, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Ahead, look at all the ladies Powell has romanced over the years.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Watch the ladies of The View stick up for Taylor Swift below.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2024
  • And that doesn't go for just the lady islanders but for the boys as well.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022
  • All eight of the ladies were getting their makeup done at the same time in the same room.
    Essence, 25 June 2025
  • Nicole would be wise to focus on the game — not the ladies — this season.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The guy that lives down the road owns the grocery store and the lady that runs the barber shop lives down the street.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 10 July 2022
  • The ladies stopped for cute poses in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • Corbin later joined everyone in the villa and quickly set out to charm each of the ladies.
    Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 8 June 2026
  • Additionally, the billowy skirt is the perfect length, even on a long-legged lady like me.
    Irene Richardson, InStyle, 5 June 2026
  • My office is six milk crates with a board on top of them in the corner of my kitchen, and this lady has a whole squat rack on her second floor with its own shower?
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 June 2026
  • These young ladies are primed for a life of modesty and subservience to their husbands and the future fathers of their children.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 June 2026
  • Punching the register, the lady looked up again.
    Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Ladies get a free bottle of bubbly with purchase of an entree.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2026

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