widowed
Example Sentences
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If there are dependent children, the widowed partner might qualify as a “qualifying surviving spouse” for up to two years following the year of death.
He also worked in a hotel in Sousse and went on to marry an English tourist, a widowed hairdresser on holiday with her two young children.
From BBC
Andrew, who returned to work two months after he was widowed, says he only now fully appreciates his "male privilege" and everything that "amazing mother" Zoë did to support him and their boys.
From BBC
Mary was widowed by the age of 18 and returned to Scotland to rule as queen at a time when her Catholicism was viewed with suspicion.
From BBC
If you are only widowed one year before dying yourself, the higher rate from the widow’s penalty may not persist.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
