How to Use fairy godmother in a Sentence

fairy godmother

noun
  • Is the sheep-baker the fairy godmother or the witch in this story?
    — Frances Leech, Longreads, 3 May 2018
  • French has become something of a fairy godmother to the group.
    — Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Laufey’s growing success didn’t come from the tap of a fairy godmother’s wand, though.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
  • No maid was ever transformed into a princess by a fairy godmother and a pair of glass shoes that fit just so.
    — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 24 Dec. 2018
  • Lynn, forty years after Rock in Rio, was still my fairy godmother.
    — Stephen Rea, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Because that’s what the aspiring fairy godmother has been trained to think.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Thank you so much @putnamflowers, @lucquescatering and the fairy godmother @stefcoveco for a magical evening.
    — Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 5 Oct. 2021
  • This is the no-nonsense fairy godmother behind the careers of your favorite stand-up comics.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Consider the best peptide lip treatments as your fairy godmothers in a tube.
    — Jenny Berg, Allure, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Think of Nora Ephron as the fairy godmother of modern-day rom-coms.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024
  • These pieces feel like your preppy fairy godmother telling you just how to find empowerment through good clothes.
    — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Sautee has been a fairy godmother, a genie and other fairy tale characters.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
  • Jenifer Lewis, who voiced the Bayou fairy godmother in the film will also reprise her role.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The women of the sewing circle volunteer to be her fairy godmothers to turn it into the dress of her dreams.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Bell stars as Eleanor, a young fairy godmother-in-training who wants to prove to the world that there's still a need for her line of work.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Read on to see who's who in Godmothered before sending a fairy godmother a wish of your own.
    — Ashley Chervinski, refinery29.com, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Unless that fairy godmother comes by with that $250 million check, my wife would want to take a look at it first.
    — Ralph D. Russo, Chron, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Unless the fairy godmother comes by with that $250 million check, my wife would want to take a look at that first.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2021
  • As the contest, very literally, heats up, Cindy must find a way to be her own fairy godmother.
    — Heather Walter, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
  • While the narrator explains what’s happened, the fairy godmother appears and gives the wrong spell.
    — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Cinderella dreams of a better life, and with the help of her fairy godmother, she is transformed into a princess and finds her prince.
    — Randall G. Mielke, chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • If Cannes had a fairy godmother, her name would be Caroline Scheufele.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 1 June 2022
  • Bill Porter, who plays a character based on the fairy godmother, also appears in the too-brief first look at the new film.
    — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 30 June 2021
  • And like a fairy godmother, Elliott—who wasn’t even following her—somehow came across the post and sent her the cash for the dress.
    — Brooklyn White, Essence, 20 June 2023
  • The fairy godmother of the event, Anna Wintour, was in attendance for the faux ball.
    — refinery29.com, 8 June 2018
  • Think of it, instead, as a cross between a fairy godmother and Miss Moneypenny.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Anyway, the wedding is sure to be a modest thing, with swans, fairy godmothers and Air Force flyovers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • That’s the throughline that will let Kalema continue his journey, not the fairy godmother.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Although in Carter’s case she was viewed more as a fairy godmother than anything so Judeo-Christian as a saint.
    — Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 14 Mar. 2017
  • So who gets to be the fairy godmother of tourism at ABC, bestowing gifts on locations all around the world?
    — Kaitlin Menza, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2018

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