prospective wife
Example Sentences
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There was nothing fun, however, about watching a man's career and reputation unravel before a nation's eyes, especially in the steadfast presence of his father, his children and his prospective wife.
From Time Magazine Archive
Latterly as the prospective wife of a rich man she had assumed certain airs of her putative social position, and thought she could "manage" easily a common sort of person like this Snowden man.
From One Woman's Life by Herrick, Robert
"Don't be stupid!" says this prospective wife, with considerable petulance.
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
“I know, you want one of her smoke Persian kittens as a prospective wife for Wumples—or a husband, is it?”
From Reginald by Saki
She is now to him only Miss Creecy, the prospective wife of his nearest friend, the prospective mistress of the Bigge House, and not attractive, it would appear, in these new surroundings.
From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various
