How to Use matron in a Sentence

matron

noun
  • But a school matron at the entrance said his shoes didn’t pass the dress code.
    — David Clark Scott, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2021
  • Hipsters and matrons alike come here in search of vintage items and tchotchkes.
    — Michelle Newman, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
  • But this is challenged when the school’s matron divides them.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Lana asked the police matron, who stared back with a blank expression on her face.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 28 Jan. 2024
  • There was the matron-of-honor outfit for her and bridesmaid gowns for the girls.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 19 June 2019
  • There was the matron-of-honor outfit for her and bridesmaid gowns for the girls.
    — Michelle Singletary, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
  • The girls would sing and dance together to pass the time until a strict matron approached.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Now the story of Rosengren’s Books’ last matron has come to an end.
    — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • There's also a doctor on site and two live-in matrons, one of whom is from Chibok.
    — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 11 May 2017
  • The matron bounced from group to group, laughing, juggling trays and dishes and glasses.
    — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
  • So too is the suburban matron whose life centers on her bridge games and her martinis.
    — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The women were invasively body-searched by matrons who first dipped their gloved hands in Lysol.
    — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • After shampooing a boy the matron would ease back his head, give him a slow and luxurious rinse.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • An innocent lands in a women’s prison with crude inmates and a big matron called Evelyn.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The matron shuffles away, clearly not wanting to miss dinner, and Olivia steps into the dorm.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 June 2021
  • The two-year-old daughter of the steward and the matron, who were married, scampered around the wards and played with the residents.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The matron on duty, Annie Leewright, booked the woman into jail.
    — Kevin Foster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Boys were kicking soccer balls in the plazas, matrons were drinking the local gin in outdoor cafes, and the shops were stocked with regional crafts.
    — Raphael Kadushin, WSJ, 25 July 2017
  • To my chagrin, another young matron, also with an overflowing cart and a toddler in tow, was bagging her items ahead of me and chimed in.
    — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Nighy is her crusty neighbor — a straight line of a man who loves books, but not people — and Clarkson is a society matron opposed to the shop.
    — Moira MacDonald, The Seattle Times, 28 Aug. 2018
  • His nosy society matron wife Julia is played by Gillian Anderson in one of her more mannered turns.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Her version of the middle-aged matron was a gentle innocent who faced the world with an unself-conscious enthusiasm.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Freed from those mermaid waves, the hairstyle of choice of countless 50-ish moms, Lovato looks freer and younger, less like a matron in training.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Williamson, 66, has been a confidante of Oprah’s and of Upper East Side matrons for more than two decades.
    — Laura M. Holson, Town & Country, 2 July 2019
  • How did a young Upper East Side matron with a small daughter and a dormant career as an art historian get here?
    — Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 27 June 2026
  • In fact, the program started when one Montego Bay matron started to invite visitors to come to church and then return to her home for tea.
    — Eileen Ogintz, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2016
  • In line ahead of him was Juana Torres, a gregarious woman in her fifties and the matron at Ospina’s church.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 22 May 2021
  • Reports show Winfrey flew back to South Africa, took action to address the issue and fired the school’s headmistress and all dorm matrons.
    — Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
  • It is named after Miss Ruby Stokes, who was a matron of the hospital in the 1920s.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Investigators said the school matron failed to open an emergency door, forcing all students to scamper through a single doorway.
    — ABC News, 3 June 2026

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