widowed

Example Sentences

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Mitford, suddenly widowed and with an infant daughter, found work in Washington, D.C., at the Office of Price Administration, pursuing violators of wartime regulations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Among Wonder Project’s recent shows is “It’s Not Like That,” a romance starring Scott Foley as a widowed pastor who falls for a divorced woman played by Erinn Hayes.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

The majority of those fathers were divorced, separated, or widowed.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Tracy Morgan stars in Paramount+’s multicam sitcom, a spin-off of CBS’ ‘The Neighborhood,’ and plays a widowed father whose empty nest is disrupted by his adult children’s return.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

He worked on other men’s boats as strenuously as his slowly healing body would let him, eking out a meager living for himself and his widowed mother.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson