husbandless
- a word derived from husband.
Example Sentences
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“It will take a lot more than calling me … childless or husbandless to shut me up,” said the 32-year-old lawyer who is pursuing a parliamentary seat in the capital, Harare.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2018
Lori takes three of her recent divorcées off on a European jaunt to help them re-enter a husbandless existence, and they bond: “First Wives Club or bust.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2017
My extended family consists almost entirely of fatherless, brotherless and husbandless women.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2011
Her new book, Letter to a Child Never Born, to be published in English next month by Simon & Schuster, is the monologue of a nameless, husbandless professional delivered to her unborn child.
From Time Magazine Archive
She may cut off their tails with a carving knife, this husbandless wife, whose school friends are still promenading through their girlhoods.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
