old ladies

plural of old lady

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Recent Examples of old ladies Directed by Rocky, Aisulton Seitov, and Pietro Biz Biasia, the appropriately trippy video opens with the rapper discovering the wonders of nature in a hippie wonderland, where even the old ladies knitting on park benches will take a toke. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026 For The Times) Courtney does great old ladies and whining teens, Michaels plays great curmudgeons and Palermo is great at space work. — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 Most of the other tenants were lonely old ladies. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026 Little old ladies lay down their canes to get close to him. — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026 There were old ladies’ sequin dresses and their Sunday best. — Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026 The number of people who think that Renee Good being murdered or that picking up old ladies off the street is something that’s appropriate is tiny. — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2026 The little old ladies in the nursing home are engaging and creepy, inviting visitors into their rooms filled with mummified bodies wrapped in spider webs. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025 Three old ladies dressed in black peer through a tiny shop window, and a group of children in thick winter coats play with a Jack Russell dog. — Joanne Harris september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for old ladies
Noun
  • Svetlana had a fascination with American single moms, Marysia told me.
    — Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Now, there’s another generation of the family — including 13 grandchildren — and many of them look like their moms, too.
    — Emy LaCroix, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • During the one-day festival, wives observe a fast and pray for the longevity and well-being of their husbands.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Deanna Paul, an attorney for Tal, said that the brothers asked them and their wives not to attend.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The resulting photographs often remind me of Dorothea Lange’s, if Dorothea Lange were a teen girl on Tumblr doing a photo shoot with her girlfriends.
    — Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Big families sit right next to groups of girlfriends and couples on date nights.
    — Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In 1976, about two-thirds of mothers in their early 40s had three or more kids; by 2016, 38% did, according to Pew Research Center.
    — Amanda Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The conservative commentator and podcaster argued after Republicans lost control of both the House and Senate that some Republican-leaning mothers were too busy raising children to make it to the polls.
    — Jennifer Radcliffe, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Hours after the attack, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said authorities found the bodies of three of the suspect's close family members -- two women and a man -- inside of his home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a city about 100 miles northeast of Krakow.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • How a group of young Black women helped Democrat Scott Colom do the unthinkable, potentially flipping a deep-red Senate seat.
    — Robert Samuels, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Beary was in Long Beach on Wednesday for the Southern Section girls’ flag football championship luncheon.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Over 1,300 women and girls work as kayayei, headcarrying dangerously heavy loads of cast-off clothing in the market.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026

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“Old ladies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20ladies. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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