Example Sentences

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"Because … I couldn't write them without you," says he, uxoriously.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2011

But when the Great Lover married his hussy and began uxoriously washing diapers and doing kitchen chores to please her, his prestige began to wane.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the opposite direction young Mr. and Mrs. Trudgian could be seen just passing out of sight, he supporting her with his arm, pausing every now and then, bending over her uxoriously.

From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

I find it difficult to believe them all uxoriously wed—at any rate this is not a pleasure excursion.

From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward