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

When Chloe arrives, odd woman out, Western and husbandless in the tight society of Iranian and American couples at the medical dormitories, she finds that Hugh is unaccountably missing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, husbandless in this new neighborhood, my skin glows like a bare bulb.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver