war widow
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Other countries still imposed limitations, such as property qualifications or the need to be a war widow in order to vote.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Aged 29, Jacky was the oldest in the group, a war widow and part of a key intelligence network in the Resistance, says Gwen.
From BBC • Jan. 1, 2022
My grandmother, who would soon be a war widow, recalled the crackle of wooden houses consumed like kindling, how the flames danced as the shoji paper screens caught fire.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2021
“Hearing him talk about it for the first time, he was getting so emotional,” says actress Jennifer Elizabeth Smith, who plays a war widow in “Bandstand.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2020
A divorcée—a war widow of two years—and the third with a husband fighting.
From Man and Maid by Glyn, Elinor
