How to Use divorcée in a Sentence
divorcée
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In 2005, the (divorced) heir to the throne married a divorcee.
—Autumn Brewington, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2018
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The divorcee is now ready to move to Tennessee to be with him.
—Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 21 Oct. 2022
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In this telling, Tripp, a divorcee with two children, took great pride in her job at the White House.
—oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2021
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There were divorcees and singles who ranged in age from their early 20s to their mid-50s.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
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The divorcee is bold, hilarious, and has a heart of gold.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 10 Feb. 2024
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His fourth wife was an American divorcee and much younger than him.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Apr. 2022
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Here’s a thumbnail: Eve Fletcher (Kathryn Hahn) is a divorcee.
—Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2019
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Bob Odenkirk has fond memories of a certain 35-year-old divorcee who lives in a van down by the river.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2023
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Meghan Markle won’t be the first American divorcee to marry into the House of Windsor.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2018
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The teen divorcee fled Syria’s Daraa province in 2012, along with her parents and four siblings.
—Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2017
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Santiba is a recent divorcee who lost a hundred pounds and gained the man of her dreams- inmate Talsey.
—Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 3 Dec. 2021
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Several minutes in, a divorcee in her late 50s said what Ms. Saksa had come all the way from Cincinnati to hear.
—Sharon Terlep, WSJ, 26 June 2018
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And Heather Gay is a divorcee who bristles at the constraints put on her as an unmarried woman.
—Meredith Blake Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
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If that’s what the divorcee has in mind, the husband may have legitimate concerns about his wife going on such a trip.
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2022
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Facing a crossroads in her life, a divorcee travels to Italy, India and Bali on a quest to change her life and find true happiness.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2019
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Hoi, a 65-year-old retired divorcee, lives with his son’s family.
—Vivienne Chow, Quartz, 19 Feb. 2020
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Heather Gay is a divorcee who bristles at the constraints put on her as an unmarried woman.
—Meredith Blake Los Angeles Times, Star Tribune, 15 Dec. 2020
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The two divorcees met on a dating website and got to know each other for six months before Matt visited to Kiev, Ukraine.
—Michelle Manetti, Good Housekeeping, 15 June 2018
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Beau Nolan's droll performance as Dorothy centers the show, which tracks the recent divorcee's quest for either a steady job or a husband.
—Chicago Reader, 20 Sep. 2017
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May Cheung, a divorcee in her 50s with two grown children, also dreams of moving away, to Taiwan.
—Zen Soo, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
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The movie, which follows a recent divorcee who enters a dance contest to save her dance studio, premieres on March 15.
—Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 17 Mar. 2019
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The friend, a recent divorcee, would come by after work and sit in our living room for hours talking about her ex-husband’s antics.
—Essence, 4 Feb. 2022
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Palomares is a divorcee with two adult daughters and five grandchildren.
—Martin Vassolo, miamiherald, 5 July 2017
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Howard, a divorcee, and Lucey, a widower, quickly became close.
—Matt Wolfe, New Republic, 2 Aug. 2017
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Hana Mosazu grows up, and partners with a Japanese divorcee, Etsuko.
—Milan Polk, Men's Health, 25 Mar. 2022
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Next to Ruby stood another divorcee in her 40s, Daisy, who struggled to make ends meet as a department store sales clerk.
—Monica Liu, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2023
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Huu Can Tran, 72, was a truck driver, a divorcee and an immigrant who moved to Texas then California.
—Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023
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The network nixed early plans to feature Moore as an era-appropriate divorcee, which would have been a first for a sitcom lead.
—Jim McKairnes, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
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Her client base spans well beyond divorcees.
—Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
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Without that commitment, the divorcee might not have been eligible for a new organ.
—Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 3 May 2026
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