plural wives
ˈwīvz 
1
a
dialect
: woman
b
: a woman acting in a specified capacity
—used in combination
fishwife
2
: a female partner in a marriage
Examples of wife in a Sentence
We met him and his wife.
a husband and wife who treat each other as equals in their marriage
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Hackman, in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's, apparently was unaware that his wife was dead.
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arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2025
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—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
His mother was my maternal grandfather’s second wife, and he was raised by my grandfather’s third wife, Rosie, in a tenement in Lawndale.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
His wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of hantavirus days earlier.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Gene – who died from heart disease with Alzheimer's as a significant contributing factor, about one week after his wife Betsy died from hantavirus – had always had a love and interest in movies, admiring James Cagney, Errol Flynn and Edward G. Robinson.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
His mother was my maternal grandfather’s second wife, and he was raised by my grandfather’s third wife, Rosie, in a tenement in Lawndale.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
His wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of hantavirus days earlier.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
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“Wife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wife. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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