prospective wife
Example Sentences
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There was nothing fun, however, about watching a man's career and reputation unravel before a nation's eyes, especially in the steadfast presence of his father, his children and his prospective wife.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Latterly as the prospective wife of a rich man she had assumed certain airs of her putative social position, and thought she could "manage" easily a common sort of person like this Snowden man.
From One Woman's Life by Robert Herrick
He noiselessly entered the studio, inside which some gleams of the same mellow light had managed to creep, and where he guessed he should find his prospective wife and mother-in-law awaiting him with tea.
From The Well-Beloved by Thomas Hardy
He would never give Marjorie up as his prospective wife until he heard from her own lips that she did not love him.
From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Pauline Lester
In a few months, Janet Bagley had changed from a frightened and belligerent mother-animal to a cheerful young prospective wife.
From The Fourth R by George Oliver Smith