husbandless

Example Sentences

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“It will take a lot more than calling me … childless or husbandless to shut me up,” said the 32-year-old lawyer who is pursuing a parliamentary seat in the capital, Harare.

From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2018

Lori takes three of her recent divorcées off on a European jaunt to help them re-enter a husbandless existence, and they bond: “First Wives Club or bust.”

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2017

My extended family consists almost entirely of fatherless, brotherless and husbandless women.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2011

Pam's young man turns out to be a cad; he leaves her on the verge of becoming a husbandless mother.

From Time Magazine Archive

She may cut off their tails with a carving knife, this husbandless wife, whose school friends are still promenading through their girlhoods.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver