Example Sentences

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Wifely laughter or no, his first performances electrified Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wifely curiosity soon got the better of Harriet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wifely love, the closer clinging   When men need thee most, Shall I come, dishonor bringing?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various

"Wifely prayer meets deathly need! may the sweet Heavens hear thee plead If he rides the castle-wall."

From In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various

Pardon our falsehood: thou wert far away, Gathering the lotus down the Egypt-water, Wifely and duteous, hearing not the fray, Taking no stain from all those years of slaughter: Guiltless, yet mournful.

From Ionica by Cory, William (AKA William Johnson)