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What does widow mean?
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widow

A widow is a woman whose husband has died. The government supports the widows of dead soldiers.

widow

a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried cause to be without a spouse The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia

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  • What words are used to refer to someone whose husband or wife has died?

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Simple sentences

The beautiful widow stood by the coffin, her eyes veiled with tears.
I am a widow.
The widow had to get through a lot of hardships.
The widow was dressed in black.
The widow suffered from stomach cancer.
A woman whose husband is dead is called a widow.
My brother's widow has married again.
A woman whose husband has died is a widow.
A widow had two daughters.
A widow had three daughters.
A widow is a woman whose husband has died.
He died leaving his widow and this one boy, with a small business, a long doctor's bill, and sad memories of the past.
He leaves a widow and a daughter.
Mary is a widow.
I know Tom's widow.
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died.

Movie subtitles

After the death of Shironine's wife, the intriguer widow Lukeria had become servant-mistress of the farmer.
How do you like to being a grass widow?
That means you're a widow and can remarry.
It's a dirty trick, bringing me to New York, just to make a widow of me.
You wouldn't be a widow long.
When I met you boys, I had a good job and was about to marry a rich widow.
You a widow?
Just what a widow needs.
I don't care! I'm too young to be a widow.
And for a widow to appear in public at a social gathering. every time I think of it, I feel faint.
You can get further details from his widow. You're very welcome.
She happens to be the widow of Mr. Hammond, deceased.
Hammond's widow.
Every minute, I expect someone to knock on the door and tell me I'm a widow.
You are the widow of Captain Ferdinand Kolverer, who died last year.
I am sending you the widow of Captain Kolverer, who will enter the service as X-27.
What's this about you fooling around with the college widow?
A college widow stood for something in those days.
I'm old enough to be a widow.
Six and six. He almost made you a widow, Mrs Gilbert.
He tell you about the coal man's widow in Cleveland. that wanted to set him up into the agency for himself?
So if you don't want to be a widow, Mrs. Charles, get him on a train tonight.
Mrs. Dukesbury, America's wealthiest widow. and yours truly, who could certainly use the money for Jeff.
I'm too young to be a widow.
And for a widow to appear in public at a social gathering every time I think of it, I feel faint.
Widow of a hanged!
He's married to a colonel's widow.
Darling, if this thing slips once more, you'll be a penniless widow tonight.
Ruth has a sister, a widow, and a baby at the house.
Jim Haley's widow.
You can get further details from his widow.
Well, she spoke to me about it once, while she was Mr. Cardew's widow.

News and current affairs

The shifting age and geographic location of the Fatah membership was the reason for the failure of some of Fatah's historic leaders, such as Ahmad Qureia and Intisar Wazir, the widow of the late Abu Jihad.
Now a widow, she is exposed to the lame-duck syndrome, since she can't be re-elected again.
Sonia Gandhi, the head of Congress and the widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has been the power behind the throne since 1998, turning Prime Minister Manmohan Singh into little more than a figurehead.

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