prospective wife
Example Sentences
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There was nothing fun, however, about watching a man's career and reputation unravel before a nation's eyes, especially in the steadfast presence of his father, his children and his prospective wife.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet all the same there is an excellent reason why one should shun beauty in a prospective wife, at anyrate obvious beauty—the kind of beauty people talk about, and which gets into the photographers' windows.
From Certain Personal Matters by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
No communication of any kind takes place between him and his prospective wife.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.
“I know, you want one of her smoke Persian kittens as a prospective wife for Wumples—or a husband, is it?”
From Reginald by Saki
In a few months, Janet Bagley had changed from a frightened and belligerent mother-animal to a cheerful young prospective wife.
From The Fourth R by Smith, George Oliver
