henpecked
Example Sentences
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He went on to star in the spin-off George and Mildred, in which Murphy played a henpecked George Roper opposite fellow Theatre Workshop actress Yootha Joyce as his wife.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025
Spryly hilarious, Kelly lends the henpecked husband’s subversive streak a bumbling gentleness.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024
“His shoulder-rolling caricature of this suave, foppish and thoroughly henpecked kingpin is the film’s biggest treat,” wrote New York Times movie critic Janet Maslin.
From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2021
Men in anti-suffragist posters were depicted as henpecked, crouching to clean the floor, while their suffragist wives marched out the door to campaign for the vote.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
“I swear, Gitl, that man is already henpecked and not even married to you yet.”
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
