1
2
as in reader
Related Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of governess
Women at the time were, of course, generally barred from attending college and generally discouraged from the pursuit of learning beyond acquiring the skills of a governess.
—
JSTOR Daily, 26 Nov. 2025
Based on Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, the story — about an emotionally unstable governess (Deborah Kerr) who becomes convinced that there’s something very wrong with her young charges — has inspired multiple films and TV series, including Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting of Bly Manor.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
His father worked as a janitor and mother a governess.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
There is a painfully revealing example in Emma where Miss Bates is telling Emma about Jane Fairfax’s prospects as a governess to the Sucklings’ friends the Smallridges.
—Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for governess
JSTOR Daily, 26 Nov. 2025
Based on Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, the story — about an emotionally unstable governess (Deborah Kerr) who becomes convinced that there’s something very wrong with her young charges — has inspired multiple films and TV series, including Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting of Bly Manor.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
His father worked as a janitor and mother a governess.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
There is a painfully revealing example in Emma where Miss Bates is telling Emma about Jane Fairfax’s prospects as a governess to the Sucklings’ friends the Smallridges.
—Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for governess
Recent Examples of Synonyms for governess
Noun
-
Partway through the story, the reader learns something that upends our understanding of what’s going on.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
-
For the last six weeks, The Providence Journal has asked readers to weigh in on our bracket competition to find Rhode Island's best pizza.—
Will Richmond,
The Providence Journal,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
So far, he's picked up and dropped off about ten people, taking them to anything from doctor's appointments to haircuts.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
-
In simpler language, doctors located the arteries feeding the prostate gland using dye injected into the blood, then partially blocked the blood flow to diminish the prostate.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
Better to stay clean and inconspicuous, like hotel artwork, which was fine for a preacher’s son.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
-
The Sight & Sound production in honor of America’s 250th anniversary ths year explores the friendship between firebrand preacher George Whitefield and Benjamin Franklin, and how Franklin’s resulting recognition of the role of faith changed history.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
That longstanding connection could insulate Orbán from some of the anti-Trump blowback rattling the rest of Europe, but that's not guaranteed, said Charles Kupchan, a professor of international relations at Georgetown University and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
-
In fact, then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had issued a fatwa, or religious decree, against nuclear weapons, according to Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
Cohen is now the dean of the gerontology school at the University of Southern California, and his lab has identified many more peptides.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
-
Courtney Crappell is the current dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
Avery, the heroine of Anika Jade Levy’s debut novel, Flat Earth (Catapult, $26), spends many turgid nights with a pedant.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
23 Nov. 2025
-
As botanists and pedants will tell you, figs are technically a flower, not a fruit.—
Emily Saladino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
The project was led by Xu Jianzhong, PhD, a CAS academician and engineering thermophysics expert.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
-
Authors call for a worldwide network of government leaders, UN agencies, scientists, academicians and the public, all designed to combat the spread of ultraprocessed foods, prioritizing children.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
18 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
Woke doesn't just characterize academe, academe is from where almost every trope of woke originally came.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
26 Jan. 2026
-
Chinese research took a long while to recover from Mao’s purge of academe.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Governess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governess. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
