wife-ridden
Example Sentences
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Nature intends such men to be wife-ridden and happy.
From Name and Fame A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
How different from his stately, dull, wife-ridden elder brother.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Also, let it not be known that she is so weak in courage; it would be held against Marcantonio, to whom the suspicion of being wife-ridden would do an infinite injustice.
From A Golden Book of Venice by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.
The worthy and wife-ridden duke was soothed by her assurances; for he could not brook the thought of giving her up even after he should be dead.
From The Crayon Papers by Irving, Washington
