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

Charles's reflections are of a non-patience of wives (both his own and others') and an incredibility of cuck-olds .
These were the forerunners of the geisha — literally “accomplished person” — with a beauty and refinement that the merchants did not seek in their wives, whom they valued for their childbearing and good housekeeping.
Hyphenated forms ( heaven-sent ) and multi-word units ( old wives' tale ) are conveniently included in a single listing; though these are alphabetized word-by-word (putting black sheep before blackberry, taxfree before taxable ), the list is short enough so that these are readily found in the Forward part.
You are admirable in trying to head off wives Nos. 1 and 2 from morphing into the Israel and PLO of the family.
The irony facing Dole--that converting your status into multiple wives can threaten the status itself--is thus a remnant, though greatly diluted, of our Victorian heritage.