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
I was raised by a sweet henpecked father, who would have said something disparaging about himself to get me to help him with his computer or read tiny print.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 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
Flinching at every flap of his wife’s lacerating tongue, he’s a near caricature of the henpecked husband, and Mr. Shannon plays him with the air of a slightly vexed manservant.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2015
Mama and I were back in the house and I was rubbing some Raleigh salve on my henpecked hands when I thought of my little sister.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
