countess

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Recent Examples of countess The 60-year-old countess has broken her silence after she was seen sporting a massive diamond on her left ring finger while riding a scooter Monday in Sag Harbor, hours after she was snapped getting cozy with an unidentified man, Us Weekly reports. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 3 June 2025 An epic love story between an American big game hunter and a British countess was upended by the strangling mores of class and tradition. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025 Well, in this case, maybe a countess: At awards shows, the actor likes to tap into her inner Bravolebrity—Countess LuAnn de Lesseps, specifically. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025 That duality — louche by day, countess by night — was built into the Apolline. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for countess
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countess
Noun
  • This email was sent in the context of advice the duchess was given to try to assuage Epstein and his threats.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The duchess then smiled warmly at Harry before weaving her own arm underneath his, moving his hand up her back.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ever wanted to be a baron or a baroness?
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Redford plays Denys, a big game hunter in Out of Africa, while Streep plays Karen, a baroness.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a heartfelt tribute shared on Instagram, the princess thanked her mom for her unconditional support.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • His daughters remain princesses.
    NPR, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Marjorie Paget, marchioness of Anglesey, wore the necklace to the coronation of King George VI in 1937.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Multiple media outlets begin to publish explainers on the marchioness, but not all of them mention the affair rumors.
    Ellie Hall, Vulture, 9 July 2024
Noun
  • And YouTube, marketing itself as the global hub of fandom cultivation, became queen bee.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Peru’s cumbia family dynasty Grupo 5, Puerto Rico’s versatile Guaynaa, Argentina’s cuartetazo force Luck Ra, Puerto Rican merengue queen Olga Tañón and Cuba’s rising reparto sensation Bebeshito will discuss how their respective genres have the power to cross borders.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Another shot features a close-up of Gomez's simple bouquet of white flowers, while another highlights her dazzling wedding bands, including the marquise diamond engagement ring Blanco proposed to her with in December 2024.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In the second photo, Gomez rests her left hand on her new husband's, her marquise diamond engagement ring glinting in the light.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Bridgerton viscountess is set to star in yet another love story, this time as a woman whose life is turned upside down by an upcoming wedding and the return of a former flame.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Season 2 will follow Quinn's second book, The Viscount Who Loved Me, and the quest of the eldest Bridgerton, Anthony, to find his viscountess.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
Noun
  • Social status and fashion conspired to make gentlewomen’s footwear of every sort flimsy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The novelists’ parents were Patrick and Maria Brontë, an Irish clergyman and a Cornish gentlewoman who married in 1812.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025

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