wives Значение & определение

Примери за wives

• They were sufficiently comfortable that the leprosarium was theirs to send their wives and children to the place.

• Rural landlessness thus compelled husbands and wives to argue about masculinity and marriage in a context where men could not be good husbands.

• He is aware that the threat of a polygamous marriage gave men leverage over their wives, even if the threat was not always carried out.

• Whenever the men were not speaking, their wives handled the necessary business between the families through letters and visits.

• They were asked a series of questions about their work and family histories ; 53 of their wives also took part.

• In the smaller karkhanas, owners, their wives and their children continued to do weaving and other tasks alongside hired labour.

• Citizens' wives and daughters were far more likely to be the subjects of petitions and pleas for mercy than were marginal women and outsiders.

• Most of the earliest bishops' wives were uncommemorated after death.