On the other hand, large sleeves were forbidden, so the maids and goodwives of the time must have been somewhat at a loss to know how lawfully to fashion their clothes.
She turned her back, throwing into the basin a silver florin, which rang among the liards, and made the poor goodwives of the chapel of Etienne Haudry open their eyes.
The goodwives asking who was this Hanske, Nele replied: "It is the son of Claes, my foster brother, whom she thinks she lost since God struck her.
Aye, good people, goodwives and artisans, soon you will behold him try the work of his arms and annihilate this famous Stercke Pier.
And the goodwives being gone, Nele wept in the lonely cottage.
And the kindlygoodwives gave silver patards to Katheline.
The goodwives replied: "All the same, Katheline is suspect.
The goodwives came out at the noise and said to him, all talking at once: "Whence come you?
Ulenspiegel, spying from far off a pole surmounted by a popinjay, and all around goodwives armed with bows, asked if women were becoming archers nowadays.
And the Brothers of the Good Red Nose and their goodwives already at table with Ulenspiegel said that this day was for the blind the day of invisible junketing, and that the poor men thus lost the half of their pleasure.
And guided by Ulenspiegel, they sat down around a small table, while the Brothers of the Good Red Nose sate at a great one with their goodwives and sweethearts.
But the Puritan goodwives and maidens were dressed in a meagre and scanty fashion that when now considered seems fairly appalling.
The goodwives who passed took him at first for Beelzebub; then they recognized Boulatruelle, and were not in the least reassured thereby.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "goodwives" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
