Wondering how to use Widower in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as man.
Widower meaning
A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.
Synonyms of Widower
Using Widower
- The main meaning on this page is: A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.
- Useful related words include: widowman, man, adult male.
- In the example corpus, widower often appears in combinations such as: the widower, widower of, widower and.
Context around Widower
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Widower
- In this selection, "widower" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, old, aging, grouchy, uncle, claims and died stand out and add context to how "widower" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a curmudgeonly widower a forrest and a grouchy widower who derides. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "widower" sits close to words such as accessorized, acs and adoptions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with widower
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As a widower, I have found this to be very helpful. (11 words)
Just some widower with a nice house in a gated community. (11 words)
Feliks Frajmut, a widower, died on December 27, 2006, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. (12 words)
There’s a nicely written moment at the end when widower Carl picks up a photo of his wife, Ellie, but it’s so out of step with the rest of this feather-light confection that it lands with a thud. (41 words)
An aging widower with two sons and two daughters makes a living operating a horse-drawn cart but, in a city that is modernizing after the destruction of the Korean War, automobiles are quickly rendering such carts obsolete. (38 words)
In the original, Rolf Lassgård richly inhabited the role of Ove, a curmudgeonly widower — a Forrest Grump —whose suicide attempts are foiled by needy neighbors and, ultimately, his grudging, sincere devotion to them. (33 words)
How would you feel about living across from an old widower who walks around the neighborhood every morning just to check if every car has a parking permit? (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
An aging widower with two sons and two daughters makes a living operating a horse-drawn cart but, in a city that is modernizing after the destruction of the Korean War, automobiles are quickly rendering such carts obsolete.
An ambulance dropped my 92-year-old widower uncle off to his empty house and they said a carer would pop by later.
A widower claims his life was 'changed' thanks to the kind actions of one woman.
Based on the 2012 novel by and adapted from the 2015 Swedish film follows Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grouchy widower who derides and condemns his irritated neighbors.
Feliks Frajmut, a widower, died on December 27, 2006, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
For the new bride, peace is all she wants, but things become difficult because the widower trusts both women.
Her widower Frank expressed his gratitude to Colchester Hospital by gifting them with £26,500 that he raised on JustGiving.
How would you feel about living across from an old widower who walks around the neighborhood every morning just to check if every car has a parking permit?
I am a widow, and have been dating a widower for approximately six years.
If Sheridan had married Anna, whether he was a widower or not, it seems likely he'd presume the mystery woman was her.
In the original, Rolf Lassgård richly inhabited the role of Ove, a curmudgeonly widower — a Forrest Grump —whose suicide attempts are foiled by needy neighbors and, ultimately, his grudging, sincere devotion to them.
Matthew Hutchins, widower of Halyna Hutchins, described her death as a "terrible accident" in a statement at the time of the settlement.
One of the victims was a widower whose wife had been killed in a previous attack.
She stumbles across a little girl’s note to Santa asking him to help her widower father Derek (David Haydn-Jones) find a new wife.
There’s a nicely written moment at the end when widower Carl picks up a photo of his wife, Ellie, but it’s so out of step with the rest of this feather-light confection that it lands with a thud.
Amit Sial shines as Prakash, a widower and simple man who would do anything to bring joy to his children.
As a widower, I have found this to be very helpful.
Chris, who had daughter Amanda, son David, six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren, was a widower when he married Janet 18 years ago.
Included in this pension benefit category are the War Pension Scheme and the War Widow or Widower's Pension.
Just some widower with a nice house in a gated community.
Common combinations with widower
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the widower 14×
- widower of 12×
- widower and 7×
- widower with 5×
- was widower 5×
- or widower 5×
- -year-old widower 4×
- her widower 4×
- widower or 4×
- as widower 4×