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Recent Examples of wifely
Behold all of his wifely love, and then behold him, loving her.
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Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 20 June 2019
An even more incendiary interview surfaced online in March, in which Patterson can be heard boasting about having counseled an abused woman, who showed up to church with two black eyes, to submit to domestic violence as her wifely duty.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 June 2018
To play Midge, Brosnahan consulted a stack of vintage Good Housekeeping magazines, clipping articles about wifely deportment.
—Alexis Soloski, idahostatesman, 7 Jan. 2018
Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 20 June 2019
An even more incendiary interview surfaced online in March, in which Patterson can be heard boasting about having counseled an abused woman, who showed up to church with two black eyes, to submit to domestic violence as her wifely duty.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 June 2018
To play Midge, Brosnahan consulted a stack of vintage Good Housekeeping magazines, clipping articles about wifely deportment.
—Alexis Soloski, idahostatesman, 7 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wifely
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Per the filing, reviewed by Entertainment Weekly, Dorit is seeking spousal support and sole custody of the couple's two children: son Jagger, 11, and daughter Phoenix, 9.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Premium financing arrangements, particularly in conjunction with spousal lifetime access trusts, can create flexible, tax-efficient structures that preserve estate liquidity without tying up large amounts of cash.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Wifely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wifely. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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