(1) And get it tailored next time so it actually sort of fits and doesn't make you look matronly .(2) I thought of them, cool and rich from many punnets picked and rated highly by the matronly overseer, laughing and drinking in some city bar.(3) The by-now matronly personnel manager and a flock of remarkable young employees stand around offering toasts on the happy occasion.(4) u2018I find it quite comforting to be matronly ,u2019 she says.(5) Many deemed it too figure-hugging and too young, emphasising what looked suspiciously like a matronly figure, but it demonstrated nonetheless that this was a woman not afraid to experiment with her look.(6) Those with sleeves that stop just short of the elbow can make a classier alternative to sleeveless or short-sleeved ones, both of which risk looking matronly on older women.(7) Judging from the reaction of the Empress, our next-door neighbor, she also did a fair number on the matronly blue-haired crowd as well.(8) More matronly sorts opt instead for ye olde-style tea shoppes and here you can eavesdrop over a discreet pot of Darjeeling.(9) This was a matronly prison guard reading messages from the artist.(10) When I was a kid, there were two matronly old women who lived down our otherwise quiet cul-de-sac.(11) I had barely started when the two matronly American ladies we'd seen in the tea shop, still in their kagouls, walked past me.(12) The older nurse clucked in a matronly manner and the two nurses, together, hurried the girl into the back room to find a doctor.(13) Does she feel matronly toward her flock of thespians?(14) Putting on my most matronly look, I refuse this unappetising offer.(15) Yes, I sort of thought they wanted a more matronly sound.(16) I was beginning to feel rather matronly , and now I'm back to the weight I've always been.