schoolmarm

variants or schoolma'am

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of schoolmarm The search for a missing schoolmarm is the focus of an escape room experience at the Lanesfield School, a historic one-room schoolhouse in Edgerton. Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025 University deans, schoolmarms and human resources managers penned dress codes outright forbidding the garment or relegating it to certain areas. The Conversation, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2023 Visitors can relive a school experience from the early 20th century, complete with a schoolmarm and an outhouse. Jshortavon, cleveland, 23 July 2023 Then there’s Jeffrey Wright’s gung-ho military man, Matt Dillon’s bubbleheaded grease monkey, Steve Carell’s apologetic motel owner, Maya Hawke’s friendly schoolmarm, and Rupert Friend’s cowboy loverboy. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023 In the music video, Gavin plays the titular cheerleader who is smitten with a girl in the program; meanwhile, Bridgers plays the pink-haired schoolmarm in charge, while popular gay comedian Caleb Hearon plays a conflicted gay coach. Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022 On hand to enforce the rules is an electronic schoolmarm called Lana, who resembles a Google Home under the influence of HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Judy Berman, Time, 16 Apr. 2020 The October 2019 cover of Harper’s Bazaar featured Demi Moore dressed in Victorian schoolmarm wear, replete with knotted collar and wire-rimmed glasses. Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 11 Feb. 2020 These disingenuous characterizations — the zealous youngster and the wise schoolmarm — are trite. Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmarm
Noun
  • My writing teacher, who is a poet from Argentina, and Elisa Medde wrote for my book.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 20 June 2025
  • An amateur concert pianist and part-time high school social-studies teacher, the center-right politician was the longest-serving Dutch Prime Minister in history.
    Adam Rasmi, Time, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • His mistresses are said to have inspired characters in his novels, including Tessa Quayle in The Constant Gardener.
    Kirsty McHugh, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
  • Frederick’s at his most engaging in his exchanges with Isa Condo-Olvera as a mistress rooted in reality.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • The stern instructor displays a remarkable amount of patience as the student bashes the unfortunate victim against every solid surface in sight — even alien beings capable of traversing the cosmos can have bad days at the office.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 20 June 2025
  • The staff of the kids’ club will accompany children ages four and up to the nearest ski resort, where they are then supervised by French Ski School instructors, reserved exclusively for the kids’ resort, leaving parents free to ski on their own or enjoy a day at the Evian spa.
    Hannah Seligson, Robb Report, 19 June 2025

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“Schoolmarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmarm. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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