How to Use matriarch in a Sentence

matriarch

noun

• Our grandmother was the family's matriarch.
• The tribe's matriarch ruled for 20 years before her death.
• Bloomberg The matriarch of the James clan has always been the one calling the shots.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
• And the swell of new faces and voices is exciting to the Kelce matriarch.
  — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 11 Feb. 2024
• Sukari was the matriarch of the zoo’s African lion pride, and had lived at the San Francisco Zoo since 2009.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2023
• Her, of course, refers to the ever-elusive alt-pop matriarch Lana Del Rey.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 22 Sep. 2023
• The families are led by matriarchs who can live 80 to 90 years.
  — Elizabeth Preston, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• So who's the matriarch of our local menagerie of 2,000 creatures?
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 29 May 2023
• Faith Pinho: Ruby was in her late 30s at the time, and the matriarch of her family.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• At least according to the Knowles matriarch, Tina Knowles.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2023
• None of them had quite the storied suffrage career of their matriarch.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2024
• Here, the bride and groom take a photo with Kennedy family matriarch, Rose Kennedy.
  — Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 23 Aug. 2023
• Joan Plowright stars as the family’s matriarch and a very young Elijah Wood co-stars.
  — R. Eric Thomas, ELLE, 23 Nov. 2022
• As the village matriarch, time has done little to dim Lolosoli's resolve.
  — Fox News, 16 Feb. 2023
• Julie Walters Walters played the matriarch of the Weasley family throughout the movies.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
• From the matriarch herself's big day to modern nuptials on the Cape, take a look back at more than a century's worth of Kennedy weddings.
  — Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 23 Aug. 2023
• Semba, the park's African elephant matriarch, is pregnant with her fifth calf.
  — The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2023
• Strachan closely watched how the matriarch dressed from a young age, taking note of her oversized blazers, leather pans, and slouchy coats.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Jan. 2023
• In times of droughts, elephant herds with a matriarch older than thirty-five do better.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2023
• The matriarch who was also closely involved with her husband’s work sets up a pattern.
  — Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 2 Feb. 2023
• Najwa, the matriarch worried about her two young children in the house, begins scheming their way out of this home invasion.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
• And the breakdown said Early, matriarch of the family, early 80s.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• Sofia, a leading co-star, is a more dominant matriarch in her household.
  — Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 5 Jan. 2024
• Kathryn plays Edie Fitzgerald, the matriarch of the innocent Fitzgerald family, who has a run-in with the fake Miller family.
  — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 6 Apr. 2023
• The 93-year-old woman is the matriarch of a family that has owned land on Hilton Head Island since Reconstruction.
  — James Pollard, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• Williams played Greg, the eldest of the Brady children, while Henderson portrayed Carol, the matriarch of the family, in the classic sitcom.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• Records show that almost the entire Kelce family is on the deed, with the matriarch listed first and Travis and Jason as remaindermen.
  — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2024
• Abrantes has a blast deploying the matriarch scene to scene, but his penchant for mischief ends up betraying him later on.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
• The matriarch’s character was formed early in life, on a farm in rural Virginia, about 90 miles south of Washington.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
• Her case was cold, and the heartbroken matriarch was desperate for answers.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024