Example sentences for: patsy

How can you use “patsy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In the nicknames Babs and Nobs, the suffix -s is an old diminutive suffix like - y; in fact, a few nicknames apparently combine the two: Betsy, Patsy, and Nancy.

  • But more intriguing was the Globe 's report on Patsy's grooming habits: With her marriage "wrecked" by the strain, she reportedly slipped away to a $2,300-a-week Georgia spa, where, because she "is always concerned about her upper lip getting hairy," she had a much-needed lip wax "to clear away the dark bristles."

  • Police suspect it will match the boots Patsy was wearing the night of the murder.

  • An intrepid Globe reporter interviews a vacationing Patsy Ramsey, mother of JonBenet, while swimming in the Caribbean and observes that she has "obviously put on weight."

  • On the morning of Dec. 26, 1996, Patsy phoned the Boulder police in a panic about a ransom note she says she found on a staircase leading to the kitchen.


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