henpecked
Example Sentences
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He went on to star in the spin-off George and Mildred, in which Murphy played a henpecked George Roper opposite fellow Theatre Workshop actress Yootha Joyce as his wife.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025
“His shoulder-rolling caricature of this suave, foppish and thoroughly henpecked kingpin is the film’s biggest treat,” wrote New York Times movie critic Janet Maslin.
From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2021
A henpecked husband looks to his talking dog for consolation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2021
“People at airports are on tight schedules and are henpecked enough as it is,” Jay Cost, a senior writer for the conservative Weekly Standard, said on Twitter.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2017
Mama and I were back in the house and I was rubbing some Raleigh salve on my henpecked hands when I thought of my little sister.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
