Sentences with 'widows'
Example sentences and phrases with the word widows and other words derived from it.
• « Even in the case of widows, Greek tradition held that the husband's will should dictate who his widow married, almost always to another male member of his family, in order to keep the family estate intact. »
• « Women almost always married younger than men, which meant that there were a large number of widows in medieval society who generally retained control of their property. »
• « Nevertheless, women were generally expected to defer to men in almost all cases, and even widows were often pressured to remarry (and in the process surrender much of their former independence). »