housewifery
Example Sentences
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Most of the pundits and influencers making this argument frame housewifery as an escape from the stress of modern working life.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2025
She told the online publication Literary Hub that the theater company was her opportunity to “leave housewifery behind.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2022
Her life is airless, packed with stultifying tasks: “Japanese motherhood and its attendant housewifery is a cult,” says Mizuki.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021
Their friends and neighbors, attracted by the games, food, and company, attended as a respite from the tedium of housewifery.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2014
On the other hand, though the most serious charges against his wife seem to rest on no foundation, it is certain that she had little aptitude for housewifery.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
