Wondering how to use Postmistress in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as postmaster.
Postmistress meaning
A female postmaster
Synonyms of Postmistress
Using Postmistress
- The main meaning on this page is: A female postmaster
- Useful related words include: postmaster.
- In the example corpus, postmistress often appears in combinations such as: the postmistress.
Context around Postmistress
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Postmistress
- In this selection, "postmistress" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sub, village, popular, pauline, michelle and warned stand out and add context to how "postmistress" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sub postmistress running her and and the postmistress s son. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "postmistress" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with postmistress
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She and the postmistress’s son, Ted Sweeney — whom she would marry after the war — confirmed the report. (18 words)
Tabor tried his luck at prospecting while his wife worked as a camp cook, laundress, banker and postmistress. (18 words)
Postmistress Michelle Spence’s niece, sophomore Claire Brown, was listed as an honorable mention player on the all-state team. (20 words)
There was time for me to send a postcard from the post office, which the postmistress warned would take months to reach the UK, and pop into the Albatross Bar for a swift half where they’d cooked Tristan lobster tails to taste at £2.50 for two. (48 words)
Nicky Campbell was listening to the real-life story of Karen Jolliffe, a former sub-postmistress who was jailed after being accused of stealing from her Post Office branch, as she appeared on his 5Live radio show when he wiped away tears. (42 words)
One Christmas, in memory of postmistress Pauline McKinnon (who, along with her husband, created the famous postage stamp), a community member who owned a plane flew over the community for a teddy bear drop. (34 words)
Example sentences (11)
Each time he grabbed an unsuspecting customer and placed a knife to their throat, making a death threat as he demanded cash from the postmistress.
One Christmas, in memory of postmistress Pauline McKinnon (who, along with her husband, created the famous postage stamp), a community member who owned a plane flew over the community for a teddy bear drop.
Sarah was the village postmistress when I first arrived, helping to maintain that vital connection to the world beyond while finding time where she could for fishing and gathering.
Nicky Campbell was listening to the real-life story of Karen Jolliffe, a former sub-postmistress who was jailed after being accused of stealing from her Post Office branch, as she appeared on his 5Live radio show when he wiped away tears.
Postmistress Michelle Spence’s niece, sophomore Claire Brown, was listed as an honorable mention player on the all-state team.
She and the postmistress’s son, Ted Sweeney — whom she would marry after the war — confirmed the report.
The popular postmistress will be in place until Tuesday, June 25, a tireless servant to Killesher and the surrounding area who she has served for 39 years in her role.
There was time for me to send a postcard from the post office, which the postmistress warned would take months to reach the UK, and pop into the Albatross Bar for a swift half where they’d cooked Tristan lobster tails to taste at £2.50 for two.
Seema, 43, was working as a sub-postmistress, running her village post office in West Byfleet, Surrey, when £74,609 went ‘missing’ from the branch’s accounts.
Many business buildings were constructed with bricks hauled in by wagons. citation The first post office was in Tabor's store at Oro, Augusta Tabor was the postmistress.
Tabor tried his luck at prospecting while his wife worked as a camp cook, laundress, banker and postmistress.
Common combinations with postmistress
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: