| The call upon the contessa left them both with an intangibly unpleasant sensation. |
| Miss Bartlett was unconvinced by the safety of contessa Baroncelli's daughters. |
| Whatever way you do it you're sure to return home with a wardrobe to rival the classiest Italian contessa. |
| Her costumes, like her paintings, are intricate and drenched in color, whether for a can-can dancer or a contessa. |
| The contessa made it sound as if the Tartars had left her home. |
| For my Carmen, I waited for the right moment to make a barefoot contessa of her in the person of the magnificent mezzosoprano Marie-Ange Todorovitch. |
