widow

Example Sentences

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It has also resulted in a legal claim against the department by the widow of one detective.

From Los Angeles Times

The legal claim filed recently by widow Nancy Lemus alleges new details in the runup to the the explosion.

From Los Angeles Times

Lawrence, but she got to know his widow and fellow writer, Frieda, on her visits to the Kiowa Ranch that summer.

From The Wall Street Journal

If the matchmaker hasn’t found a satisfactory arrangement for Ruby, I’ve met a widowed merchant who needs a wife to help his parents in a village outside Guangdong.

From Literature

We are the only boarders on the fourth floor under the age of eighty; our other neighbors are all widows and pensioners.

From Literature