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She takes the sandwich from him and bites into it, an uxorial gesture meant to allay suspicion.— The Oscars
And Favorinus, who was a remarkably sensible man, and came from Provence -- the male inhabitants of which district have always valued themselves on their knowledge of love and ladies -- calls this said _stata forma_ the beauty of wives -- the uxorial beauty.— The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
She knew that, however austere and commanding he might be when acting under his own convictions, he was abnormally susceptible to uxorial views, and the way to win the captain's sympathies or avert his censure, was to secure the kindly interest of his wife.— A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier
Aunt Green, whom the general at first lovingly saluted as his wife (for the poor man had entirely forgotten the uxorial appearance), was all in a pucker for deafness, blindness, and evident misapprehension of all things in general, though clearly pleased, and flattered at her gallant nephew's salutation.— The Twins A Domestic Novel
"Dear," she said to Eileen, the tears of uxorial vexation drying unshed in her pretty eyes, "Austin has thought fit to seize upon this moment to bring a man down to dinner.— The Younger Set
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