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  • n  the time of a woman's life when she is a widow
  • n  the state of being a widow who has not remarried

  • That's true, but just barely, and it also has something to do with widowhood.
  • To some 36 million people, the Social Security system now provides a monthly check promising that old age, widowhood or disabling injury will not throw them into poverty.
  • She aspired to rich widowhood but she was born to be her generation's model of the eternal American blond.
Quotes

  • Yoko Ono in Channel News Asia
    It has been 25 years since my husband passed away and I still cannot get used to the idea,Ono said. "It is not just me, but my son who is still suffering from the loss of his father. I must confess that widowhood was something I did not...
  • Cherie Blair in IPS
    For these widows, the widowhood means denial of basic human rights,Cherie Blair, president of the Trust and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, said at an event at the UN last November to promote widows' rights.
  • Laura Henderson in Sydney Morning Herald
    I am bored with widowhood,says Mrs Henderson (Judi Dench), before her husband's body has cooled.

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