wives
Americannoun
noun
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
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
Over the show’s four-season run, there have been tensions among the castmates, which accelerated as Paul and the other wives pursued fame in other venues, including on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
Cabinet members and their wives were scheduled to follow on the regularly scheduled train to New Jersey later that morning.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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