wives
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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We are introduced to “clever women,” well-educated daughters and wives with no upward mobility and no chance at a public life, who turned their “restless intelligence” to medicine.
Many online have been quick to point out the irony of his remarks, considering the king's own mother was from Eswatini and one of his wives is also from the neighbouring kingdom.
From BBC
“Three men. With wives and children. They were at a local restaurant. I don’t think she realized that I saw her. And then we had to leave. We looked everywhere for her.”
From Literature
Unlike today, when wives and children are invited on to the field and sometimes into the locker room, in Ferragamo’s day teams maintained a distance between players and their families.
From Los Angeles Times
He was lucky not to be caught, but he is devastated because his two wives and other children were not so lucky.
From BBC
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