wifeless

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A renowned theater director who has embarked on a kind of permanent vacation in his 60s, he continues: “I am wifeless, childless, brotherless, sisterless, I am my well-known self, made glittering and brittle by fame.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

In the end, Don’s left jobless and wifeless and it’s going to be fascinating to see how Matt Weiner rebuilds him.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2013

Childless, wifeless Lou is a bundle of anger and avarice, and writers Josh Heald, Sean Anders and John Morris load him up with harshly hilarious lines.

From Time • Mar. 25, 2010

As for the wifeless multimillionaire, he gallantly espoused a responsibility for finest U. S. music by accepting the Presidency of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides, my dear sir, since this dreadful wifeless time has begun it is melancholy in Niendorf.

From Gertrude's Marriage by Heimburg, W.