Example sentences for: housewife

How can you use “housewife” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (There are two Baldwin sisters : Jane [32], a physical therapist in Syracuse, N.Y., and Beth [42], a Long Island housewife.

  • The 17-year-old Jess Gupta (male student), for example, is listed as a "housewife" in another filing.

  • This kind of picture has one of two thrusts: It either sides with the suffocated housewife who, like Ibsen's Nora, strives to break free of a repressive patriarchal hold, or it demonizes a culture that tempts men and women to put their own gratification before their responsibilities as parents.

  • Chamber of Commerce types welcomed this parks-bond trick, but other members of the populace were not so gratified, among them 66-year-old Nora Harris, a self-described "retired housewife."

  • In England, a citizens' lobby called the Plain English Campaign, led by a former housewife named Chrissie Maher, has sought since 1971 to make English laws and regulations more straightforward.


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