widower

noun

wid·ow·er | \ ˈwi-də-wər

Definition of widower

: a man who has lost his spouse or partner by death and usually has not remarried

Examples of widower in a Sentence

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After the murder, renowned filmmaker Roman Polanski, Tate’s widower, was worried for Vetri’s safety and gave her a gun to protect herself from the elusive Manson family. — Fox News, "8 Playmate scandals revealed," 16 Aug. 2018 This Japanese horror movie is about a widower who decides to hold fake auditions to find a new wife. — Kate Robertson, Marie Claire, "13 Feminist Horror Movies That Will Make You Appreciate the Genre in a Whole New Way," 18 July 2018 This evening, Starz released a first look at the series: Howards End follows the romance between kindhearted Margaret Schlegel and widower businessman Henry Wilcox, played by Hayley Atwell and Matthew Macfadyen, respectively. — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, "The Manchester By the Sea Director Is Bringing you the Next Downton Abbey with Howards End," 4 May 2017 My friend’s father, for example, now a widower living in upstate New York, knew several hobos as a kid, growing up in a Maine lumber town. — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, "The Hobo Hieroglyphs: Their Secret Symbols, Explained," 21 Nov. 2018 This Japanese horror movie is about a widower who decides to hold fake auditions to find a new wife. — Kate Robertson, Marie Claire, "13 Feminist Horror Movies That Will Make You Appreciate the Genre in a Whole New Way," 18 July 2018 Cox, who is Bergé’s widower and was a close friend of the YSL clan for 40 years, plans to start to fuse the private with the public realms of the property next year. — Marian Mcevoy, ELLE Decor, "An Intimate Look Inside Yves Saint Laurent’s Private Marrakech Home," 2 Aug. 2018 This Japanese horror movie is about a widower who decides to hold fake auditions to find a new wife. — Kate Robertson, Marie Claire, "13 Feminist Horror Movies That Will Make You Appreciate the Genre in a Whole New Way," 18 July 2018 Ronda continues to offer support to Kandy’s widower and daughter. — Serena Solomon, Woman's Day, "Breast Cancer Changed Ronda Carter's Life; Now, She's Doing the Same for Others," 24 Sep. 2018

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