husbandless
Example Sentences
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“It will take a lot more than calling me … childless or husbandless to shut me up,” said the 32-year-old lawyer who is pursuing a parliamentary seat in the capital, Harare.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2018
Jamie has already worried that though he's thrilled to be with her again, perhaps Claire should not have left their daughter parentless, husbandless, defenseless as he sees it.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2017
My extended family consists almost entirely of fatherless, brotherless and husbandless women.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2011
Her new book, Letter to a Child Never Born, to be published in English next month by Simon & Schuster, is the monologue of a nameless, husbandless professional delivered to her unborn child.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, husbandless in this new neighborhood, my skin glows like a bare bulb.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
