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Examples of queen mother in a Sentence
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Even Oprah Winfrey, queen mother herself, has reportedly considered taking it.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2023
Throughout British history, there have been numerous queens dowager who were not queen mothers, including Joan of Navarre, the second wife of King Henry IV and stepmother to King Henry V, and Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII and stepmother to King Edward VI.
—Town & Country, 4 June 2023
Yet for a country that reveres its queen, the funeral of her husband was a genuine national moment — on a par, some said, with the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the queen mother, in 2002, which drew more than a million people to watch her cortege pass from Westminster Abbey to Windsor Castle.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2021
Yet for a country that reveres its queen, the funeral of her husband was a genuine national moment — on a par, some said, with the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the queen mother, in 2002, which drew more than 1 million people to watch her cortege pass from Westminster Abbey to Windsor Castle.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
The queen mother declares that’s how it’s always been, which is madness to Margaret.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 16 Nov. 2020
The clock ticks and the camera races, but for all the tension there’s predictably zero suspense: T’Challa is soon dead, leaving the princess and the queen mother, Ramonda (Angela Bassett), to grieve with their subjects.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2023
The friend had presumably overlooked the new color schemes and upholsteries that Mr. Kime had chosen for the house, which had by then been passed on to the Prince of Wales, the queen mother having died in 2002.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 31 Aug. 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
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Word History
First Known Use
1560, in the meaning defined above
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“Queen mother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/queen%20mother. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
queen mother
noun
: the widowed mother of the king or queen who is currently reigning
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