How to Use husband and wife in a Sentence

husband and wife

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  • When night fell, the husband and wife knelt on their clay floor.
    Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The husband and wife sit side by side, hand in hand, their eyes shut.
    Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The other adults were husband and wife.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The soon-to-be husband and wife have been dating for three years.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The husband and wife pled guilty in 2020.
    Tim Fang, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The husband and wife duo also share singing duties in the car.
    Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Although clearly not all is well with the soon to be husband and wife.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2023
  • One pair of victims are a husband and wife, the sheriff said.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 16 June 2024
  • The husband and wife were also members of their church choir.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The husband and wife told the guests to come back in mid-August.
    Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • Over the years, the husband and wife worked on the same set frequently.
    Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Jim Miller was one of the neighbors who raced to save the husband and wife.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The husband and wife had gone out to check on their dogs when a polar bear lunged at the woman.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
  • But even then, the husband and wife perform the same amount of time on household chores each week.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Both husband and wife wore large sunglasses.
    Emma Banks, InStyle, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The man and woman might have been husband and wife and parents to all four children.
    Brooke Greenberg, Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2026
  • This isn't the first time the husband and wife have appeared in a project together.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Flip through for photos of the couple over their 30 years as husband and wife.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Or my other friends there, took between them, a husband and wife, 17 shots.
    NBC news, 23 Nov. 2025
  • The husband and wife were both wearing life jackets at the time of the incident.
    Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The house was built in 1957 and is home to a husband and wife and their two children.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The husband and wife face criminal charges in the US.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The husband and wife who had been apart during their 20s and 30s did not feel like strangers.
    Carol Rosenberg Natalie Keyssar, New York Times, 9 May 2024
  • The husband and wife wore glam wedding attire for the occasion.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The husband and wife were teachers in Cleveland, Ohio, and were beloved to many.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The news of them being husband and wife didn’t break until 2021.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 Sep. 2023
  • After that, the two are excited to spend the rest of their lives together as husband and wife.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The project was conceived and built by the husband and wife, with even their son Colby turning a screw or two.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The blog was a success, and the husband and wife put their heads together to do some more strategizing.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The Biebers attended their first Met Gala as husband and wife.
    ELLE, 19 Jan. 2023

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