How to Use husband in a Sentence

husband

noun
  • Have you met her husband?
  • My husband would not have been this black-and-white a decade ago.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Denise Walters, the woman in the car, had just lost her husband of 41 years.
    Steve Hartman, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Dear Amy: My husband and I have two daughters, ages 24 and 26.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Joyce Hess, who owns the bar with her husband, Jim, said the last day of service was Wednesday.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Dear Sahaj: My husband and I have been tackling changes the past year.
    Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Answer: All the games in the book are pieced together from my husband's notes.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • The result: My husband and son have not spoken to each other for over a year.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Can my husband refuse to answer and redirect the question to me?
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The singer and her late husband Keith Godchaux joined the group in the fall of 1971, she on backing vocals and he on piano.
    Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The bride wipes tears from her eyes while her new husband watches the performance with a look of amazement.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Her husband deployed bear spray, and the bear moved away from the woman, officials said.
    CBS News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • My husband sat across the stage from me and was visible during a climactic scene in the work.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • One woman told them Gleghorn showed up to cut their grass days after her husband had heart surgery.
    Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2024
  • For a long time, my husband and I dreamed of living in the historic community of Bronzeville.
    Tanikia Carpenter, Parents, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Surprisingly, the Delta has seen the most use on my husband’s weekend trips.
    Erin Moore, wsj.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Ashley Graham dressed the part of a modern-day Disney princess on a date night with her husband, Justin Ervin.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Meanwhile, her husband did contract work from home and tended to their son.
    Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • These siblings are all from my mom’s first husband, who died of cancer before I was born.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Her husband had stayed at home with their two older children, Ahmad, 7, and Yara, 6.
    USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
  • But ultimately, would my husband and I do it again if given the choice?
    Tiffany Leigh, Parents, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The next day, deputies got a tip alleging Tatyana Remley was trying to hire someone to kill her husband.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • O'Connor and her husband returned to the U.S. in 1957 and moved to the Phoenix area, where she was admitted to the bar and, with another lawyer, began a private practice.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • And actually, right now, my husband is on the other side of the door feeding our baby.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2023
  • This was Derrick’s second fair, and his first as Brittany’s husband.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • In the comments on Harris’ video, a TikTok user claimed her husband was in the background of her childhood best friend’s home video.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Her 39-year-old husband was found dead at the foot of the couple’s bed, according to authorities.
    Jeremy Harlan, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Garrett's husband, 3-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter were also shot.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 12 July 2023
  • Possible blood from the suspect was collected at the scene at the time and her husband was quickly ruled out as a suspect.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 22 July 2023
  • Pinto stunned in a strapless blue dress while her husband sported a white button-down.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023

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