How to Use matriarch in a Sentence

matriarch

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  • 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
  • The women, though, tended to live long, so each, in her turn, got to be the matriarch.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The family matriarch opened up about the loss in an episode of The 19th Hole podcast.
    — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
  • The matriarch had been open about her mental health struggles in the past.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 3 May 2022
  • 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
  • Allen grew up in the West Forest Park neighborhood, the son of a strong matriarch.
    — Carita Rizzo, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
  • The families are led by matriarchs who can live 80 to 90 years.
    — Elizabeth Preston, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The story is told through the eyes of Sunja, a matriarch who triumphs against all odds.
    — Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 16 May 2022
  • The matriarch’s death nudged some members of the family to the pro-vaccine side.
    — Marc Fisher, Lori Rozsa, Kayla Ruble, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Cloaked and solitary, the silver-haired matriarch looks straight down the camera's lens.
    — Nick Glass, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Since the matriarch is no longer living at home, Kristin is stepping up.
    — Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
  • At least according to the Knowles matriarch, Tina Knowles.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The Catch as the ruthless and glamorous matriarch of a mob family.
    — Tolly Wright, Vulture, 23 May 2022
  • 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
  • Today, Rosa is a 79-year-old matriarch, her hair cut short above her ears and sprinkled with gray, her hands worn.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Joan Plowright stars as the family’s matriarch and a very young Elijah Wood co-stars.
    — R. Eric Thomas, ELLE, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Fred picked from lakeside sedges beside stag moose, camels, and giant beavers as the matriarch kept watch for dire wolves.
    — Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022
  • As the village matriarch, time has done little to dim Lolosoli's resolve.
    — Fox News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • In the course of her activism, Fulton became a matriarch of the Black Lives Matter movement.
    — Mike Schneider, ajc, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The matriarch of the family, Logan was known for her cooking skills.
    — Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2021
  • At some point, Aunt Rita became the oldest woman, and thus the matriarch.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The Hilton matriarch’s time on the late-night show was not without controversy, though.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2022
  • In November 2024, matriarch Julie was re-sentenced to seven years in prison after a judge denied her request to reduce her prison time.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025

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