Example sentences for: housewives

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

  • The celebrity chef launched the gourmet-food craze, made American cooking respectable, empowered housewives, and legitimized public television.

  • One True Thing doesn't employ fantasy (at least not overtly) but tries to stir similar regrets about the feminist dismissal of housewives: You moved to New York and the heartless magazine world, you dressed in black, you rejected Mom.

  • In colonial days, housewives typically did spinning, weaving, and tailoring for the family.

  • Apparently, the Times couldn't find any women who are secretaries or housewives.

  • Several British papers carried a report Monday that Britain's largest supermarket chain has asked fruit growers to supply it with smaller melons after research indicated that housewives subconsciously compared them to the size of their breasts.


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