Widower

Examples

• George carried the pompous supplies to his mother and the shattered old widower whom it was now the main business of her life to tend and comfort. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I knew that he was a widower with one daughter, and expressed my acknowledgements. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He is a widower. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I am a widower and have an only son, Arthur. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• When he was married it was all right, but since he has been a widower we have had no end of trouble with him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The widower was seated at a small round table in the little room behind the bar, smoking a pipe, with his eyes intently fixed upon the fire. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A widower he wos, and fat enough for anything--uncommon fat, to be sure. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When her charge was at length formed, the marriage, not only of the young lady, but likewise of her father, the widower, was resolved on. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• And a widower. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Trevor senior was a widower, and my friend his only son. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Sir Pitt was a widower again. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• His relations with her father and mother were like those on which a widower son-in-law might have stood. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The first half of that space of her life was only just accomplished, when her pitiful and plaintive look saw her father a widower. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mr Dorrit's bankers, as bankers of the county-widower, instantly said, 'Mrs General. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Wery hearty, thank'ee, sir,' replied the widower; 'hope I see you well, sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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