How do you use Dame in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like doll or lady, plus the exact meaning.
Dame in a sentence
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Dame meaning
- Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
- A matron at a school, especially Eton College.
- In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
Synonyms of Dame
Using Dame
- The main meaning on this page is: Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight. | A matron at a school, especially Eton College. | In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
- Useful related words include: doll, lady, ma'am, madam.
- In the example corpus, dame often appears in combinations such as: notre dame, the dame, dame in.
Context around Dame
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dame
- In this selection, "dame" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, notre, needs, damian, high, judi and des stand out and add context to how "dame" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a notre dame home game and a notre dame legend and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dame" sits close to words such as deposit, roger and panels, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dame
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Perhaps Jimmy Butler needs Dame, like Dame needs Jimmy. (9 words)
Notre Dame has won its last 15 games at Notre Dame Stadium. (12 words)
There's nothing like a Dame; these movies are Dame Judi Dench's. (13 words)
If an immersion into the cinematic Nouvelle Vague is what you’re after, then look no further than the Dame des Arts hotel, taking up a 1950s building in the heart of the Saint-Michel area, a stone’s throw from Notre-Dame and La Samaritaine. (46 words)
The film’s opening sequence follows a young Adonis Creed (Alex Henderson) as he and his best friend, Damian “Dame” Anderson (Spence Duane Moore II), journey through a night that will forever change Dame’s life for the worse. (39 words)
The family of this Notre Dame student named their dog Rudy, the first name of a scrappy, undersized football player whose only appearance in a varsity game made him a Notre Dame legend and inspired a movie. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
If an immersion into the cinematic Nouvelle Vague is what you’re after, then look no further than the Dame des Arts hotel, taking up a 1950s building in the heart of the Saint-Michel area, a stone’s throw from Notre-Dame and La Samaritaine.
Perhaps Jimmy Butler needs Dame, like Dame needs Jimmy.
She was made a Dame Grand Companion, meaning people will now call her Dame Jacinda.
Sparks was flanked at his recent signing ceremony at Notre Dame High School by his parents Bryan and Kristin Sparks, sister Gwen Sparks, and Notre Dame High School Athletic Director Bob Boldman.
The Dame of today looks dramatically different from the Dame that opened in 2016.
The film’s opening sequence follows a young Adonis Creed (Alex Henderson) as he and his best friend, Damian “Dame” Anderson (Spence Duane Moore II), journey through a night that will forever change Dame’s life for the worse.
The Telegraph understood that previous plans to merge Notre Dame and St Columba’s on the Notre Dame site were to be shelved.
It should be noted that Ohio State-Notre Dame on NBC in primetime drew 10.6 million last year, but that was a Notre Dame home game and not technically part of the Big Ten contract.
Returning favourites include Dame Lewis Denny as Dame Betty Baguette, and returning lead Ellena Bacon as Belle.
There's nothing like a Dame; these movies are Dame Judi Dench's.
Dame Judi, 84, had visited the Fairfield Halls complex in June 1993, when she unveiled a display commemorating Dame Peggy’s life including a painting, photographs and an Evening Standard award.
Here is our invitation to the students of Notre Dame: come to oppose parietals and stay to discuss other ways we can make Notre Dame a more unified student body.
Notre Dame has won its last 15 games at Notre Dame Stadium.
The family of this Notre Dame student named their dog Rudy, the first name of a scrappy, undersized football player whose only appearance in a varsity game made him a Notre Dame legend and inspired a movie.
The Mustangs defeated the Notre Dame Hounds 3-1 on Saturday, Sept. 29 in Wilcox, handing Notre Dame their fourth straight loss.
Notre Dame comes back from 21-point deficit against Virginia Tech // The ObserverThe Observer is a Student-run, daily print & online newspaper serving Notre Dame & Saint Mary's.
Allusions and references Allusions to actual history, geography and current science In The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Victor Hugo makes frequent reference to the architecture of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
A surgeon who is also a professor is usually known as "Professor" and, similarly, a surgeon who has been ennobled, knighted, created a baronet or appointed a dame uses the corresponding title (Lord, Sir, Dame).
Though Notre Dame shares its name with the University of Notre Dame in Indiana USA, it is a separate institution, claiming only "strong ties" with its American namesake.
Adams, a sixth-round draft pick in 2017 by the Detroit Red Wings, had shown flashes of a scoring touch in junior hockey and in college, playing for Union College, Providence College and Notre Dame.
Common combinations with dame
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- notre dame 97×
- the dame 6×
- dame in 6×
- dame edna 6×
- dame and 5×
- and dame 5×
- as dame 4×
- dame is 4×
- dame deborah 4×
- by dame 4×