Widowed

Word WIDOWED
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Definitions and meanings of "Widowed"

What do we mean by widowed?

To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.

To strip of anything valued.

To endow with a widow's right.

To be widow to.

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The word "widowed" in example sentences

Olivia, for no reason she could think of, sat in the nearest chair and wrote the word widowed on the napkin, under the name Rodriguez. ❋ Susan Gilbert-Collins (2010)

My wife's granddad, a three-war Air Force officer, flew Lightings against the Zeroes and Bettys in the Aleutians and New Guinea before he was shipped back to run a flight school in Texas and met her grandmother, recently widowed from the love of her life by bombing runs over Japan. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My mother died at 75, again widowed, bitter, and crippled by arthritis. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For years I called my widowed father every Sunday. ❋ Beate Sigriddaughter (2010)

The wife who becomes widowed is a human being, entitled to live in a happy family, Arab or Israeli. ❋ Unknown (1978)

Given the missteps by Prime Minister Gordon Brown -- who called a widowed retiree a bigot in off-camera remarks last week -- Labor in particular is bracing for what may be its biggest defeat since 1983, when Margaret Thatcher won a second term and the party was exiled from No. 10 Downing Street for another 14 years. ❋ Unknown (2010)

No longer solely reserved for the single, "lonely" now labels the widowed, divorced and even the married. ❋ S. Isabelle Harounian (2010)

On Wednesday, Brown -- who stumbled badly on the campaign trail last week after he was caught calling a widowed retiree a bigot -- was trying to shore up his campaign. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At first while the world called her widowed she sat with her unwidowed heart waiting for him in the old room, in the old way. ❋ John Cournos (1915)

The water ran down upon them from their broad-brimmed hats, and their dripping horses trotted with drooping heads and steaming flanks one behind the other until, at the very brick-kiln where Ledscha had recalled her widowed sister's unruly slaves to obedience, the guide stopped with an oath, and pointed to the water which had risen to the top of the dam, and in some places concealed the road from their eyes. ❋ Georg Ebers (1867)

In most affecting terms the widowed queen entreated her son to avoid those vices of his father which had disgraced the monarchy and embittered her whole life. ❋ Unknown (1841)

Earlier this year, Srivastava formed the first national forum for single women where single is defined as widowed, deserted and abandoned. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Having adding "widowed" as a status to Facebook's aging demographic profile Mark Zuckerberg brought his road show to Brazil recently to drum up young members. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is no argument for marriage as man/woman only that cannot be contradicted by common occurences, such as widowed single parent, adopted children, and other situations that no one finds objectionable. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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