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Example sentences for "lady should"

  • A gentleman may move from a crowded side to one left comparatively vacant; but a lady should not do this.

  • A lady should never go alone to the supper-table after ten o'clock.

  • A gentleman walking with a lady should endeavor to accommodate his steps to hers, not force her to stride along or trot with short steps or his long ones.

  • A lady should not be too demonstrative of her affection during the days of her engagement.

  • A lady should be allowed all the time she requires before making up her mind; and if the gentleman grows impatient at the delay, he is always at liberty to insist on an immediate answer and abide by the consequences of his impatience.

  • A lady should be more richly dressed when calling on her friends than for an ordinary walk.

  • A lady should always be dressed sufficiently well to receive company, and not keep them waiting while she is making her toilet.

  • A lady should send up her card by a servant, but not deliver it to the lady of the house; a card is yourself, therefore if you meet a lady, she does not want two of you.

  • As society and card-leaving thus become rapidly complicated, a lady should have a visiting-book, into which her list is carefully copied, with spaces for days and future engagements.

  • It is not necessary that a lady should be acquainted with the steps, in order to walk gracefully and easily through a quadrille.

  • No lady should be utterly dependent on the taste and judgment of her cook.

  • No lady should accept an invitation to dance from a gentleman to whom she has not been introduced.

  • A lady should never be seen to rock in a chair, and the rocking of a gentleman looks silly.

  • No lady should venture to ride in an omnibus after dark, unless she is escorted by a gentleman whom she knows.

  • We repeat that no lady should play or sing in company, unless she knows herself to be universally considered a good singer or player, and capable of something more than the mere series of lessons she has learnt from her music teacher.

  • A lady should bow to any gentleman she knows, and he should cross the room to shake hands with her at once if disengaged.

  • If a lady should require a second glass of wine at dessert, the gentleman seated next to her would fill her glass; she should not help herself to wine.

  • A lady should not go to a hunt-breakfast at the house of a country gentleman if unacquainted with him, or some member of his family, unless asked to do so by a mutual acquaintance.

  • A lady should bow to a gentleman, either a friend or acquaintance, even when he is walking with either a lady or gentleman, with whom she is unacquainted.

  • No lady should venture to wear a spur till she has acquired firmness of seat, to keep her left leg steady in the stirrup and her heel from constantly niggling the animal's ribs.

  • When practicable a lady should invariably be measured for her saddle.

  • A hunter suitable for a lady should be temperate, sound, strong, safe and clever over fences, and fast enough for his country.

  • In selecting a bowler, a lady should be careful to choose a becoming shape, as these hats vary greatly in form.

  • It is therefore evident that a lady should ride as much as possible by balance, and that she should use grip only when its aid is demanded for keeping her secure in the saddle.

  • As safety in the saddle is the first consideration, and as no article of riding dress has proved such a death-trap as the skirt, no lady should ride in one of the old-fashioned, dangerous pattern.

  • Of course I do not mean by this that a lady should ever go out park-riding or hunting sans the aid of such an appendage, but she should be taught the necessity of dispensing with it in case of emergency.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lady should" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    acrid taste; but one; certain proportion; high heaven; lady bright; lady friend; lady herself; lady love; lady mother; lady said; lady should; lady whom; lady would; largely subsistence; little friends; merchant ship; much taken; native village; said grandma; sentry duty; several parts; skimmed milk; spinal nerve; standing water; that kingdom; twenty dollars