How to use "matriarch" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "matriarch" in popular movie and book plots

  • Bernadette is the matriarch figure who longs to see everyone find happiness.  - The Jane Austen Book Club (film)
  • Amanda is the bride-to-be and the matriarch of the group.  - Wedding Belles
  • In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman, the matriarch of an Italian family, dies.  - Three Brothers (1981 film)
  • Junon Vuillard is Abel Vuillard's wife, and the iron-willed matriarch of the Vuillard family.  - A Christmas Tale
  • The family includes matriarch Irene (Virna Lisi) and her three grown up children.  - The Best Day of My Life
  • The second season starts with the matriarch of the family, Kate, dying in a barn fire.  - How the West Was Won (TV series)
  • An eyewitness proclaimed that he/she saw Danaya, no longer the matriarch of Lireo, in the forest with her child and her husband Aquil.  - Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas
  • For her assistance, Octavius appoints Camane matriarch of the order of Vesta, and she cries as she realized that she shall never be with him.  - Empire (2005 TV series)
  • His widow, Mu Kuei-ying, the grand matriarch and the entire family set out to avenge his death and defend the country.  - The 14 Amazons
  • Together they are cast in a new low-budget film called Home for Purim as the patriarch and dying matriarch of a SouthernS.  - For Your Consideration (film)
  • But the matriarch and owner of Kaga-ya, mrs Yashiro, views Oshin as a role model to make Kayo more sensible and less like a spoilt child.  - Oshin
  • Her daughter by Gawen succeeds her in turn, making Sianna the matriarch of a line of High Priestesses.  - Lady of Avalon
  • Amidst this, Eka remains the matriarch of the family.  - Since Otar Left
  • The matriarch of the tribe targets Ann, muttering the word "Kong".  - King Kong (2005 film)
  • This section, the only one without a single first-person narrator, focuses on Dilsey, the powerful matriarch of the black family servants.  - The Sound and the Fury
  • He had taken the matriarch of the local clan hostage when she refused to give him permission to exploit a rich deposit of radioactive ores.  - Space Cadet

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