housewife

Example Sentences

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I was born in Peru, having come over to America very small, 3 years old — there was no example of a stay-at-home mom or a housewife living a life of luxury like that.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

"We're living like that now, we're exactly like that", says housewife Lisandra outside her home in Havana, which is cobbled together with pieces of sheet metal and wood.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

"I have been casting my vote for KP Sharma Oli since I became eligible," said Gita Subedi, 48, a housewife.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 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

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

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver