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  • verb Present participle of widow.

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Examples

  • Two years later, in the autumn of 23 BC, while the forty-year-old Augustus struggled to recover from a near-fatal illness, Marcellus himself died suddenly of a mysterious sickness at the age of twenty, widowing Julia and unexpectedly becoming the first occupant of the brand-new family mausoleum, now looming over the city like a 130-foot-high wedding cake.

    Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

  • Apparently, the thirst of the Palestinian blood among the Jewish politicians either in Israel or US and the plans of Zionist state has not quenched so far, even after orphaning, widowing hundred of thousands Palestinians, somewhere by the US made missiles, the German made tanks that could ravage their settlements, French made bullets to pierce the chests of women, children and somewhere in the torture cells of Tel Aviv.

    Gaza Again on Fire, Revenge will be Taken of Each Life: HAMAS 2008

  • Yes, I am a dwarf crossdressing black tigress avec two heads merry-widowing in tarantula tails offset by red ruby stilettos that will shiv yer Nazi heart to shreds.

    Thank you, Dave ... Frank Wilson 2008

  • Though we were planning our response to the death of friends and the widowing of their wives, our conversation was clinical and detached.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • Though we were planning our response to the death of friends and the widowing of their wives, our conversation was clinical and detached.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • Though we were planning our response to the death of friends and the widowing of their wives, our conversation was clinical and detached.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • Though we were planning our response to the death of friends and the widowing of their wives, our conversation was clinical and detached.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • Why is it acceptable for us to live with fear, murder, destruction, displacement, the orphaning of children and widowing of women, but peace, security and happiness should be for you?

    CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2002 2002

  • OSAMA BIN LADEN (voice-over) (through translator): Why is it acceptable for us to live with fear, murder, destruction, displacement, the orphanage of children and widowing of women, but peace, security and happiness should be for you?

    CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2002 2002

  • OSAMA BIN LADEN (through translator): Why is it acceptable for us to live with fear, murder, destruction, displacement, the orphanage of children and the widowing of women, but peace, security and happiness should be for you?

    CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2002 2002

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