Example Sentences
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But over the years, 41 women directly followed their deceased husbands into the lower chamber.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
When the possessive and paranoid Frank Ford runs into Margaret as she’s scurrying to meet his wife, Alice, he pointedly remarks, “I think, if your husbands were dead, you two would marry.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
In 2025, the BBC documented the stories of Baloch women who had spent years searching for missing fathers, husbands, brothers and sons.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
“I realized a lot of wives were wishing their husbands were there and they weren’t,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
She had never had any children, and each of her three husbands had slunk off in turn during the night, never to be seen again.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
