Examples of war bride in a Sentence

My grandmother was a war bride during World War II.

Recent Examples on the Web Nick Barraco had just returned from World War II with an English war bride. — Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2020 Richard recalls reading The Courier Journal one day and seeing a photo of local French war bride Josette Bouchet Kearns and her husband William. — Pat Mcdonogh, The Courier-Journal, 28 May 2020 Based on the novel of the same name, the musical tells the story of an Italian war bride trapped in rural Iowa who falls in love with a footloose photographer while her family is out of town. — Kt Hawbaker, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2018 Melissa Hunter is compelling as Abagnale's French war bride mother, equal parts victim and villain. — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 17 Apr. 2018 To see photos from families of Japanese war brides, visit https://instagram.com/kathryn.tolbert. — Kathryn Tolbert, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2018 Al was divorced from his war bride and, sadly, eventually estranged from his two sons. — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2018 His mother was an Austrian war bride and his father was a noted mathematician. — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018 At Sansome Street, all 104 women detainees, the majority Chinese war brides like Ha, launched a hunger strike to protest immigration policies. — Daniela Blei, Smithsonian, 12 May 2017 See More

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