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UK
/mˈææm/
]
[ US /ˈmæm/ ]
[ US /ˈmæm/ ]
NOUN
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a woman of refinement
a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady
How To Use ma'am In A Sentence
- `The monument, ma'am ," intoned Bunbury, rocking back slightly on his heels. THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PRINCE
- ‘You may indeed, ma'am,’ Ben replied, ‘She is in excellent health, as are my Father and sister.’
- So, if I could put it this way, ma'am, it is not only the quantity of your reign we are celebrating today, it is the quality.
- It was a terrible strain on me to keep her at school, ma'am, and again and _again_ I've thought I couldn't stand it, what with her being in the shop only in the afternoon, and the washing, and trying to keep her clothes always nice; though she's been as good as Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885
- ‘Why thank you, ma'am,’ Pic chimed as he acted like he was curtsying.
- ‘I'm sorry, ma'am,’ Elizabeth instantly apologized, ‘I didn't mean to implore.’
- What would you like me to do, ma'am?" asked the be wildered human. Stalling
- Yes, ma'am," drawled the sheriff, "in them history days things was fixed up to excuse animal doin's, kind of neater and easier and more becomin 'than they are now. Snow-Blind
- When the case began, the court clerk may not have gone as far as curtsying, but she still addressed her Royal highness as ‘Ma'am’.
- ‘Yes, ma'am,’ said our director, grinning like a loon.