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dulcinea

[ US /ˌdəɫsɪˈniə/ ]
NOUN
  1. a woman who is a man's sweetheart

How To Use dulcinea In A Sentence

  • The pupil, who was well assured of the true motive, allowed his governor to enjoy the triumph of his own penetration, and consoled himself with the hope of seeing his dulcinea again at some of the public places in Paris, which he proposed to frequent. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
  • This affair being settled to his satisfaction, and the night at odds with morning, he took an opportunity of imparting to the ear of this aged dulcinea a kind whisper, importing a promise of visiting her when his sister should be retired to her own chamber, and an earnest desire of leaving her door unlocked. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
  • When the dance, which was generally a long waltz, was over, he seated his partner, and then went to a little counter at the end of the room and bought his dulcinea a plate of the candies and sweetmeats provided. She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories
  • Salim, and a girl, Latika, for whom Jamal holds the kind of improbably pure love that Don Quixote had for Dulcinea. RELIGION
  • As they travel towards Zaragoza, Don Quijote remains in a dark mood thinking about this latest trick that the wicked magicians had played on him - the transformation of Dulcinea.
  • They have a new dulcinea wherever they newly quarter, and carry about the few ideas they possess from damsel to damsel, as regularly as from town to town. ' Camilla
  • I should do with this languishing dulcinea, should I deliver her from thraldom? Camilla
  • Carrasco tells him that they have discovered that Dulcinea is free from the enchantment.
  • I should do with this languishing dulcinea, should I deliver her from thraldom? Camilla
  • Dulcinea, the ballerina role, appears in many guises (devoted servant girl, proud shepherdess, guardian spirit, damsel in distress, Madonna).
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