Definition of Widow

a wife whose husband has died and has yet to remarry

Examples of Widow in a sentence

Mrs. Carter became a widow when her husband was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan.  🔊

There is this widow in our neighborhood whose husband died over twenty years ago, and even now she has yet to remarry.  🔊

A wife will become a widow the moment her husband dies, but she can remarry to erase that particular title if she so desires.  🔊

Mrs. Irene became a widow over a year ago, but she’s about to get married again so she won’t be a widow for long.  🔊

You do not become a widow if you divorce your husband, only if they are forcefully and unwillingly separated from them by death.  🔊

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