wives
Example Sentences
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Most gallingly for their menfolk, these previously disenchanted wives had also found self-confidence and a notable degree of emotional independence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
There were too many well-born women in Ebel’s flock, the unhappy wives of landowners and aristocrats.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Mostly it was police officers and their wives who went there.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Mustafa Ibrahim al-Sayed, 50, said he never leaves the school compound where he has taken refuge with his two wives and their 11 children.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Three weeks later, Harriet heard news from one of the other cabinet wives: Dr. Edson was admitting that she had lost hope.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
