henpecked
Example Sentences
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He went on to star in the spin-off George and Mildred, in which Murphy played a henpecked George Roper opposite fellow Theatre Workshop actress Yootha Joyce as his wife.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025
“His shoulder-rolling caricature of this suave, foppish and thoroughly henpecked kingpin is the film’s biggest treat,” wrote New York Times movie critic Janet Maslin.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2021
A henpecked husband looks to his talking dog for consolation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2021
Men in anti-suffragist posters were depicted as henpecked, crouching to clean the floor, while their suffragist wives marched out the door to campaign for the vote.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
“I swear, Gitl, that man is already henpecked and not even married to you yet.”
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
