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Recent Examples of widowed
The film centers on a widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widowed
Adjective
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As for Cohen’s next novel, Beautiful Losers, which was set in an apartment in Montreal as a bereaved and lust‑tormented narrator reconstructs his relations with the dead, there was a sharp divide of opinion internally at Viking.—
Paul Slovak
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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However, her relationship with the tournament turned sour in 1999 after she was refused permission to bring the 12-year-old son of a bereaved friend into the royal box.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Jen, an orphaned Gelling raised in solitude by a gentle race of creatures called the Mystics, must find the missing shard that will heal the crystal and restore balance to the universe.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
4 Sep. 2025
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To fully achieve its goal, the mission also hadevacuate the nearby Saint Hélène Home, where 244 orphaned children, including 58 disabled children, had been trapped by the surrounding gang violence, threats and kidnappings.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ian Wilkinson, a pastor at a local church and the sole surviving guest of the lunch, told last month's hearing that the death of his wife had left him bereft.—
Alasdair Pal,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Sony was left bereft in terms of having a summer tentpole to release because of delays related to the labor strikes, say insiders.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Widowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widowed. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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