widowed

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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. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widowed
Adjective
  • Cohen, who lost her own son to suicide years ago, is part of an NGO that supports bereaved parents – a group that, before October 7, used to meet regularly in the same plaza.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The couple had previously visited the area in October 2024 to meet with bereaved family members and the first responders who dealt with the emergency, which occurred in July 2024.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The new wildlife center released a litter of orphaned baby foxes after four months of rehabilitation earlier this year.
    Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The award organizers also highlighted the Impact Award, which was won by Brazilian photographer Fernando Faciole for his image of an orphaned giant anteater pup following a human caregiver.
    Jack Guy, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Gone are the days when players left academies ill-equipped for a world outside of the game, bruised and bereft.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • All seems well until the mother dies suddenly leaving father and son bereft and estranged from each other.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2025

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“Widowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widowed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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