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How to use lady in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Lady means the mistress of a household. Example: “"I would like the dining room to be fully set by tonight; would you do so?" "Yes, my lady."”

Examples of lady by meaning

nounA woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.

  • "I would like the dining room to be fully set by tonight; would you do so?" "Yes, my lady."

nounA woman: an adult female human.

  • Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings department.
  • In Leningrad I met a lady.1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 604

nounA polite reference or form of address to women.

  • Ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to be here today. Follow me, ladies!

nounUsed to address a female.

  • Hey, lady, move your car!
  • Hey, ladies, how are you doing?

nounA woman.

  • A lady doctor.
  • The recent disclosures caused one headmistress of a city college to arrange for sex instructions to be given by a lady doctor to various forms.1964, James Holledge, Sex and the Australian Teenager, Melbounre: Horwitz Publications, page 15

verbTo address as “lady”.

  • “I thought you would never come, Lady Mary,” and he kissed her again.1906, Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine: A Popular Journal of General Literature, page 374
  • In Greek it means “my” and her Paramanas always called her Lady Mary Mou, so we called her Mou.1928, The Letters of Mary Nisbet of Dirleton, Countess of Elgin, New York, N.Y.: D Appleton and Company, page 276
  • ‘Then, Lady Placida, there is something I wish to ask of you.’ ‘Only,’ she said sternly, ‘if you stop Ladying me.2006, Jim Butcher, Cursor’s Fury: Book Three of the Codex Alera, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, page 658

More sentences with lady

  • A peasant is not allowed to fall in love with a lady of quality.From the entry quality
  • Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?From the entry you
  • She will be the first lady to serve as chair of the committee.From the entry chair
  • That man by the bar is Frank, AKA "the lady killer".From the entry aka
  • I might be in a wheelchair, but I still want to be treated as a lady.From the entry might
  • Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.From the entry ghost
  • She is a very forward young lady, not afraid to speak her mind.From the entry forward
  • The old man tried to get a quick grope of the young lady on the train.From the entry grope
  • Oi, keep the noise down! I'm talking to my old lady on the dog and bone.From the entry dog and bone
  • Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday’s fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom.From the entry stifle
  • This old lady just completely slapped the bejesus out of him.From the entry bejesus
  • The lady girt herself with silver chain, from which she hung a golden shear.From the entry gird
  • "Lady Little", the title that she used, was just a pretense.From the entry pretense
  • I'm scundered. I just asked a lady out and she said no.From the entry scundered
  • I had to repeat the instructions for her five times; methinks the old lady was aurally challenged.From the entry aurally challenged
  • Would you like to buy some roses for the little lady?From the entry little lady
  • It was rumoured that the lady and the gentleman were keeping company.From the entry keep company
  • This old lady we picked up was spun out because she didn't manage her insulin properly.From the entry spun out
  • Lady Merlumina?! You were well met. She is an ancestor of mine.From the entry well met
  • I’m going to ask this lady (for) directions.From the entry ask
  • The show ends after the fat lady sings.From the entry after
  • I saw the old lady safely across the road.From the entry see
  • The cleaning lady needs a stool to dust the cupboard.From the entry dust
  • The show isn't over until the fat lady sings.From the entry over
  • My lady is positively fulfilled of grace.From the entry fulfill
  • Don’t get brassy with me, young lady!From the entry brassy
  • The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store.From the entry scene
  • The door was opened by a little old lady.From the entry old lady
  • My old lady was fond of corporal punishment.From the entry old lady

Meaning of lady

  1. noun The mistress of a household.
  2. noun A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
  3. noun The feminine of lord, a lordess.

Full definition of lady

Questions about lady in a sentence

How do you use lady in a sentence?
Lady is used as a noun and verb. For example: “"I would like the dining room to be fully set by tonight; would you do so?" "Yes, my lady."”
What is a short sentence with lady?
“A lady doctor.”
What does lady mean?
Lady means the mistress of a household.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lady (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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