How to Use queen mother in a Sentence

queen mother

noun
  • The last notable royal death before his was that of the queen mother in 2002.
    — S. Jay Olshansky, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Both argue that the queen mother’s legacy is one of devotion to her family and striving for peace.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022
  • For a queen mother to privilege her daughter/queen’s wishes above those of the son/king who abdicated in the night?
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • But for some reason, Antonescu had respect for the queen mother, Helen.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The queen mother died last week at the age of 93 after years battling illnesses, Reuters reported.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Every male leader, from king to local chieftain, is balanced by a queen mother—a senior woman chosen from the ruling lineage.
    — Susan Delson, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The queen mother came up with an ingenious plan to secure her position as the kingdom’s preeminent politician.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Get ready for a lot of stunning ball gowns, snobby queen mothers, and fairytale endings—because here’s your full list of the best royal Hallmark movies ever.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 May 2018
  • At some point, every last one of the top royals graced the magazine's pages, starting with the queen mother on through to Prince Harry and Meghan.
    — Leanne Italie, ajc, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Her plan is to just stay in this room until Adam turns 16, becomes a man, and can challenge his dad for the throne, at which point Lilith will become queen mother.
    — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2021
  • In 2002, Prince Charles codesigned a garden dedicated to the late queen mother.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2019
  • Even Oprah Winfrey, queen mother herself, has reportedly considered taking it.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2023
  • At the center of the saga is Angela Bassett as Ramonda, the queen mother of Wakanda, who carries the devastating loss of her child with stunning resolve.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 3 Nov. 2022
  • In April 1945, newspapers featured a picture of the queen mother visiting the woman's branch of the army, watching a young woman repair a military truck engine.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 3 June 2019
  • Others, like the queen mother and Diana, Princess of Wales, were given ceremonial funerals, which are largely the same as a state funeral with only minor differences.
    — David Luhnow, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
  • So far this is all presented in the gauzy manner of a Hallmark Channel film, which makes Ginny’s disturbing flashbacks to her own childhood, in which her stern father and ice-queen mother were not exactly dog lovers, all the more odd.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The country of Thailand has entered a nationwide year-long period of mourning out of respect for the recent passing of the country's queen mother, Her Majesty Queen Sirikit.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In truth, there is much to work with — real heroines like Yaa Asantewaa, a formidable Ashanti queen mother who single-handedly led a rebellion against British colonialists, exist.
    — Stephanie Smith-Strickland, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Her onetime beauty-queen mother, Nela (Danica Čurčić), who beneath her serene veneer trembles with girlish excitement over the upcoming festivities, advises patience.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2022
  • And surprisingly, this current 24th cycle — which finds Banks restored to queen mother status after letting Rita Ora baby-sit for a year — isn’t showing its years (despite removing its maximum age cap).
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Ultimately, all three experience social and economic transformation through devotion to Swasthani, which culminates in the crowning of Navaraj as a king and Chandravati and Goma becoming queen and queen mother, respectively.
    — Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026

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