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
I was raised by a sweet henpecked father, who would have said something disparaging about himself to get me to help him with his computer or read tiny print.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
“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
“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
“I swear, Gitl, that man is already henpecked and not even married to you yet.”
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
