housewife

Example Sentences

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“In one, I go from a mousy housewife to a road warrior, and the other I go from a cookie-making mom to an assassin,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

"It's the people who pay the price for such involvement," a 40 year-old housewife from Hodeidah told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

This domestic sitcom, starring Lucille Ball as a frustrated housewife and Ball’s then-husband Desi Arnaz as her patient bandleader husband, is the most influential show in TV history, and it isn’t close.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

“The Housemaid” would be enjoyable enough had Seyfried only been giving a layered performance as a mentally ill housewife.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

“Brother Fowles, I have no earthly notion. I am a housewife from Georgia.”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver