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
It never occurred to me, if my prospective wife made no objections, that my age would be offensive to her parents.
From The Bachelors A Novel by Orcutt, William Dana
The candidate for admission serves water to the men and his prospective wife to the women, both being then permitted to take food with the tribe.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
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 Herrick, Robert
The mistake the prospective wife makes is in obstinately closing her eyes to the fact that married life has any trials which are not far outbalanced by its pleasures.
From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Harland, Marion
