How to Use dominatrix in a Sentence

dominatrix

noun
  • What Nick wanted in a partner was a wife and a dominatrix in one.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Of course, there's nothing normal about trying to get a job as a dominatrix.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Redbook, 9 May 2017
  • An older sister in one of those households worked as a dominatrix.
    — The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
  • Fox has made the vampy dominatrix vibe her signature, and has a closet full of low-rise trousers and leather to prove it.
    — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Spindrift is a fruit-juice-centric seltzer that tastes like a crisp slap across the face by a talented dominatrix.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Go for an easy mini dress in a basic color — in this case, black or red — to channel your inner dominatrix.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Women can pat their head and rub their tummies at the same time, while being complete world dominatrixes.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
  • And when the women in their lives get involved — one pregnant wife and one a dominatrix — the stakes skyrocket.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Bahrami was in full dominatrix with a see-through shirt, and Dayton was in a mesh T-shirt and leather shorts.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The woman who had once posed as a dominatrix, suddenly found herself in handcuffs.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 3 June 2023
  • Eva Oh is a full-time dominatrix with a thriving practice in London.
    — Varuna Srinivasan, Allure, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The video features lots of villain-style characters, from a zombie to a biker chick to a dominatrix.
    — Megan Friedman, Cosmopolitan, 28 Aug. 2017
  • But the doors to her dominatrix business didn’t fully reopen until the summer.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Then there are the clients who view their financial dominatrixes as their therapists.
    — Jennifer Swann, chicagotribune.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Kiryu will play an impromptu TV producer or teach a dominatrix how to do her job.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2017
  • The former dominatrix loves head-to-toe looks in fabrics like leather and nylon, both in the traditional black and brighter hues.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 30 May 2022
  • Taylor Schilling is a dominatrix and the whole zombie plague thing is messing with her vocation.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Kate Berlant as a dominatrix named Devin Elisa Samartino?
    — James Somers, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The pop star stepped out channeling dominatrix style with a curve-hugging black gown with oversized, puffy latex glove-sleeves that added an extra edgy feel.
    — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The dominatrixes are, like his drug use, part of an effort to keep himself from feeling too much or thinking about the things that are upsetting him.
    — Adelle Waldman, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024
  • Even if the friend is a 43-year-old father of two in IM, and a 22-year-old dominatrix in the group.
    — Regina Lynn, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2007
  • Specifically, the scene where Bane is working with a dominatrix.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Madonna breaks from the bright colors and religious iconography for a look that's something akin to a pirate dominatrix.
    — EW.com, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The wall held black leather masks, gas masks, long silver chains and leather restraints, and what the dominatrix would later inform me was a device used for low-grade electric shocks.
    — Laurie Segall, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Of working as a dominatrix, Fox recalled the emotionally tolling aspects of the job.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Strange Mercy was like sad housewife and the last one was like near future cult leader and this one is dominatrix at the mental institution.
    — Cady Lang, Time, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Olivia Wilde is embracing a polarizing beauty trend for her latest role as a dominatrix.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 10 June 2026
  • Lennox also wore an uber-trendy 4D dominatrix ponytail styled by Malaika Frazier in one of the scenes.
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Earlier in the night, the model wore the gown of a dominatrix/vampire by Gareth Pugh x Chrome Hearts.
    — Marina Liao, Marie Claire, 8 May 2018
  • Inside one was a postcard of a dominatrix spanking somebody with a horse crop, wishing us all Merry Christmas.
    — Jann S. Wenner, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2022

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