Used in a Sentence

widowed

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for widowed.

Editorial note

And, of course, we're terrified that our widowed grandparents might be having sex with other widowed grandparents.

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Quick take

(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of widowed gathered in one view.

adjective

(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for widowed.

adjective

(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.

Example sentences

1

And, of course, we're terrified that our widowed grandparents might be having sex with other widowed grandparents.

2

They knew who was widowed and who had children overseas in Iraq and could use a nice meal with friends.

3

Pretty pathetic then to justify the murder of a widowed mother of 3 just for turning down the wrong street.

4

Or escape and move to a farm and create a tech utopia and help out widowed mice in their spare time?

5

He became a pruner and helped support his widowed sister and her seven children.

6

They could own property, had the right to marry or divorce, the right to re-marry after a divorce or after being widowed, etc.

7

I was surprised by the number of widowed women (31000), they out number grandparents, divorced men, and divorced women.

8

You can always tell where the attention to detail meter is at by the presence of needlessly widowed words in single lines of text.

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Respondents between 18 and 49 years old who were divorced, widowed or never married were asked whether they were currently seeking a long-term romantic commitment.

10

When my sickly widowed grandmother makes a fruit cake for me, and asks me if I like it, I tell her yes.

11

Write whether you are single, married, widowed, or divorced.

12

There it said that the majority of independently wealthy women in the early days of San Francisco were single or widowed, and the 1850's were the timeline they gave.

Quote examples

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A home with a cheating husband is already broken, and nobody calls a widowed family "broken".

2

But gays can't "marry" any more than two elderly widowed sisters living together can marry.

3

Because Mormons believe in eternal marriage, they won't "seal" a divorced or widowed woman who has already been "sealed" before.

4

And of course it requires assuming "unmarried" is not distinct from "widowed" and "divorced", which may or may not hold up.

Proper noun examples

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Widowed three times, failing health, yet she still manages to find joy in the little things.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use widowed in a sentence?

And, of course, we're terrified that our widowed grandparents might be having sex with other widowed grandparents.

What does widowed mean?

(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.

What part of speech is widowed?

widowed is commonly used as adjective.