How to Use wife in a Sentence

wife

noun
  • We met him and his wife.
  • And of course his wife, Kathy — Kyle’s sister — did the same.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Deel lives with his wife and twin sons in Rochester Hills.
    Staff, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Adam Brody had a date night out with wife Leighton Meester.
    Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Miller and his wife first joined protests for the statue’s removal in the summer of 2020.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Everything was great, and my wife and the boy bonded at the time.
    Annie Lane, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Then, with some prodding from his wife, a switch flipped.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Schenck’s wife of more than 50 years, Virginia, passed last year.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Depp sued Heard, his ex-wife, for libel and Heard counter-sued.
    CBS News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Anstead has son Archie, 16, and daughter Amelie, 19, with his ex-wife Louise.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The strike also killed Abu Hatab’s wife, two of his sons and four of his daughters, Bashir said.
    Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Propst’s wife, Stefnie, was also on the sideline during the game.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Alito has said the flag was briefly raised by his wife.
    Solcyré Burga, TIME, 12 July 2024
  • His ex-wife said Walker once held a gun to her head and threatened to kill her.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
  • And then his wife came back from the window where she’d been settled, watching the pine.
    Cynan Jones, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Nelson’s wife Annie also makes a quick cameo in the video.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Hey, hey, hey, three bullets hey, hey, hey one wife yay.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 17 June 2024
  • Until the loss of his wife, Ray lacked any sense of adventure.
    Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Please pray for him and his wife and 2 little children.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The three-body problem spit out chaos, yet again, when my liberal wife saw the scene.
    Joel Stein, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Does your desire to help his wife stop at hand-holding?
    Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
  • One night, Quinones and his wife, Deb, received a call from the hospital.
    John Blake, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
  • He was survived by his wife Pam Van Sant and their two children.
    Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Messages left for Davis and his wife, Paula Clemons, weren’t returned.
    Rio Yamat and Ken Ritter, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
  • The vessel Lynch was on, the Bayesian, is linked to his wife, Angela Bacares, who was among those rescued.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The man’s wife and child were in the vehicle with him but were not hurt, according to the report.
    Abigail Williams, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Garcia’s wife, his 9-year-old son and three others were dead.
    Jake Bleiberg, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023
  • Mokoena pulled out his phone and called his wife, the mother of their 1-year-old daughter.
    Vince Beiser, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
  • Over the last couple of years, a male friend of ours (also married) has taken an interest in my wife.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Linda Whitaker, wife of incumbent Bruce Whitaker, who termed out of the District 4 seat, is in third place.
    Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 12 Nov. 2024

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