How to Use First Lady in a Sentence

First Lady

noun
  • The president and the first lady were moved, and then returned to their home.
    — Catherine Lucey, WSJ, 4 June 2022
  • The former first lady chose artist Sharon Sprung for her portrait.
    — Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The president and first lady Jill Biden were not at the home when it was searched.
    — Michael Balsamo, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The president and first lady Jill Biden were not at the home when it was searched.
    — Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The report says members of the media were fooled — but so were members of the first lady's staff.
    — NBC News, 2 Apr. 2021
  • So, while retirement is on the horizon, the former first lady has a lot to keep her busy right now.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2021
  • First Lady of the United States.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
  • But the First Lady’s memoir is the wrong place for such self-soothing rhetoric.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
  • Just in case someone had to wake up the president in the middle of the night, the first lady would not be disturbed.
    — Mark Gauert, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Julissa Reynoso, chief of staff to the first lady, was part of the delegation.
    — NBC News, 9 Mar. 2021
  • President Biden and the first lady, Jill Biden, called him a hero.
    — New York Times, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Oksana Markarova joined first lady Jill Biden in the gallery.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The First Lady, meanwhile, is standing right next to Trump.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The East Wing had housed the Office of the First Lady.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
  • That sets the stage for Eleanor to recall, and Harris to reenact, episodes from the first lady’s past.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2021
  • So let that shine through in your speech — and don't forget to save a dance for the First Lady in the East room.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2024
  • We are relieved that the President and the First Lady are safe and strong.
    — Npr Staff, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Big moment here for MLB's First Lady.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • News of the first lady's speech was first reported by The New York Times.
    — Ed O'Keefe, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The actress added two quotes from the late First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Kentucky First Lady Britainy Beshear will serve as honorary chair of the event.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 7 Oct. 2024
  • He will be joined by his wife, former First Lady Jill Biden, the show announced.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 May 2025
  • The First Lady has a birthday today (my wife, not Melania).
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • The former first lady, her lips pursed, is seated on a sofa in the Red Room in a strapless, light blue dress.
    — Darlene Superville, ajc, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Named after the former First Lady (a beloved guest), the room is styled with some of the same antique decor from her stay decades ago.
    — Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2024
  • The president and first lady Jill Biden are to visit the city on Tuesday.
    — Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2022
  • One of the agents was on the Secret Service detail for first lady Jill Biden.
    — Sara Cook, Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2022
  • This year’s eggs featured the White House pets and the signatures of the president and the first lady.
    — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The two dogs were seen on the South Lawn before the first lady's motorcade left Wednesday.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 31 Mar. 2021
  • All of which has since begged the question, when will the first lady of TDE release a second album?
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2022

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