widowers
- plural of widower.
Example Sentences
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The inspector-general’s office reckoned that thousands of widows and widowers may also have missed out on more than $100 million in benefits through claiming errors that they should have been advised against.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
Changes in tax policy in intervening years allowed widows and widowers to access their spouses’ unused exemptions and now the more generous exemptions make it worth revisiting these trusts.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
Retired mother-of-two Lyn, 60, from Warrington, Cheshire, was taken in by a man she met on a social media page for widows and widowers in May 2021.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2024
Widows and widowers miss spouses who died during the height of the pandemic.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2024
“Mama’s takin’ it all right, I s’pose,” I said, as if widowers getting hitched right after the funeral was an everyday thing.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
