war widow
Example Sentences
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She passed as a Mexican woman to get a housekeeping job in the ranch where her mother died; later in life she found work by pretending to be a war widow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Other countries still imposed limitations, such as property qualifications or the need to be a war widow in order to vote.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Aged 29, Jacky was the oldest in the group, a war widow and part of a key intelligence network in the Resistance, says Gwen.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2022
“Hearing him talk about it for the first time, he was getting so emotional,” says actress Jennifer Elizabeth Smith, who plays a war widow in “Bandstand.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2020
A divorcée—a war widow of two years—and the third with a husband fighting.
From Man and Maid by Elinor Glyn
