W. B. Yeats
Examples of husband in a Sentence
Armani Syed, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Her family easily obliged; her husband’s family was a different story.
—Fortesa Latifi, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Her husband had stayed at home with their two older children, Ahmad, 7, and Yara, 6.
—USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
She is survived by her husband Michael, a senior vice president with the New York Yankees, and two daughters.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Luna Zorro’s La Valiente, a two-bedroomed boutique stay designed by Molly Berry and her Guatemalan husband, will soon open.
—Claire Boobbyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
My husband’s salary is $300,000 regardless of his call schedule.
—Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 4 Apr. 2024
My husband would not have been this black-and-white a decade ago.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
At the hospital, my husband had handled diaper changes.
—Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2024
Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2024
Madison Le Croy, meanwhile, is still basking in the glow of her November 2022 wedding to husband Brett Randle.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
Salma Hayek Pinault to Receive Giving Tree Award at the 2023 Baby2Baby Gala: 'So Honored'
Hayek Pinault is mom to daughter Valentina, 16, and stepmom to husband Pinault's three kids — François, 25, Augustin and Mathilde, 22.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
Hilton started out her Instagram carousel with what appeared to be a more recent photo of the pair at her wedding to husband Carter Reum in 2021.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
Jenna Bush Hager is giving a special shout-out to husband Henry Hager on Father's Day.
—Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
Donilon especially husbands the soul and big-picture focus of the president's political ambitions, and serves as a lead architect of high-profile speeches.
—Ed O'Keefe, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2023
Kyle Richards gets uninvited from Nicky Hilton's wedding During a season 6 episode of RHOBH, Kyle shared that she was uninvited from niece Nicky's wedding to husband James Rothschild, and then reinvited.
—Lia Beck, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
Reese Witherspoon has been married to husband Jim Toth for more than a decade, and the two are still going strong.
—Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Feb. 2023
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Word History
Noun and Verb
Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda master of a house, from Old Norse hūsbōndi, from hūs house + bōndi householder; akin to Old Norse būa to inhabit; akin to Old English būan to dwell — more at bower
Noun
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Husband.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/husband. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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Old English hūsbonda "master of a house," from early Norse hūsbondi, literally, "house owner" — related to house
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