Sentence examples for was mistress from inspiring English sources

Du Maurier was mistress of calculated irresolution.

It was "Mistress of Mistresses," by E. R.

As "Desiree" (1954), she was mistress to Marlon Brando's Napoleon, and eclipsed by Brando's clowning.

But it was Anna – tiny, delightful, reserved, and with a scholarly approach to her horses – who was mistress of ceremonies.

She was mistress to the poet Catullus, who wrote of her as Lesbia, and was the most important influence in his life.

The painting depicts Cecilia Gallerani, a young woman in the Milanese court who was mistress to Ludovico Sforza, the duke of Milan.

Whoopi Goldberg is mistress of ceremonies.

Paula Zahn is to be mistress of ceremonies.

The dance historian Delilah Jackson is mistress of ceremonies.

His girlfriend, wanting to be mistress of her fate, is just a mistress, and not for long.

But in a season when maturity is mistress of the runway, the plainer the better.