Example Sentences

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She studied architecture in Delhi, and married an independent film-maker, Pradip Krishen, but had no interest in the respectable conventions of wifeliness or motherhood.

From The Guardian • May 27, 2017

She’s acting symbolism and tragedy in a way only partly to do with her husband’s assassination and everything to do with performing docility, sympathy, wifeliness, decorum, strength and bereavement for an expectant nation.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2016

But the irony is that, fur rug or not, by her own account, there is no more traditional avatar of wifeliness than Melania Trump. 

From MSNBC • Mar. 24, 2016

Ultimately, the base state of the job of first lady is gendered, a model of wifeliness.

From The Guardian • Mar. 21, 2016

And Vera slept in the sweet consciousness of her thoughtful wifeliness.

From The Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold