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widow

noun as in woman with dead husband

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That was accomplished by cops such as the one whose picture was clutched so tightly by his widow on Sunday.

How many will be there for the young widow of Wenjian Liu, married only two months?

Liu had been married just two months before and his wife now stood in this Brooklyn hospital, a sudden widow because of a madman.

Marjorie Wilkes Huntley was a New Age feminist, a widow, and a librarian.

Around Passover 2011, Dalia, who is now 40, had just lost her husband and was suddenly a single widow with four songs.

Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?

Sometimes it was a young girl, again a widow; but as often as not it was some interesting married woman.

Joan Boughton, a widow, was burned for heresy; said to be the first female martyr of England.

Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.

The cow happily recovered, which the widow entirely attributed to the efficacy of her pastor's prayer.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to widow, such as: dowager, and relict.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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