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Example sentences for "wife said"

  • My wife said to me that she was reminded of the gentle observation of Carmen Eschelle, "The people I cannot stand are those who pretend they are not wicked.

  • We shall hope to see you again at our house," my wife said.

  • My wife said to the girl who was sitting at her side, "This is father.

  • When she had left us, my wife said to me, "Do not take this affair to heart.

  • My wife said, "We cannot ask for miracles.

  • He turned around as we approached and saluted us, and Ludwig's wife said, "What a handsome fellow!

  • The carpenter's wife said to herself: "I had better say nothing about it to my husband, because if by any mischance the children should not come, he would give me a fine scolding.

  • The fisherman's wife said: "How should you not be my son?

  • There were a hundred peas, and the carpenter's wife said: "How can a hundred peas become a hundred sons?

  • So he went and asked his younger brother for his travelling expenses, but his younger brother's wife said to him: "How can we give even the smallest sum to this man who has wasted his substance.

  • Come in, Rebecca Mary," the minister's wife said, cordially.

  • Of course you are to do as you think best about giving it to her," the minister's wife said, unwillingly.

  • I wish all subalterns were like you," the colonel's wife said.

  • When Ahmed heard what my wife said, he drew his sword and swore he would go and kill the Nawab or die.

  • Then my wife said, 'What are you thinking about?

  • Well, we thought this would do, but my wife said, 'Let there be no murder, it would bring a curse on Zora.

  • Good-bye," the pope's wife said to me, as she led me away.

  • And Emelian’s wife said to her husband, “It can’t be helped; you must go.

  • And Taras’ wife said, “I cannot sup with a fool; he smells of sweat.

  • Ivan’s wife said to him, “Don’t be offended, fine gentleman.

  • My wife said, "That was very wicked, and I have scolded him for thinking of such a thing.

  • It was so perfect that I doubted if it could last; but my wife said a girl like that could keep it up till she dropped.

  • She used to do it when she wasn't so high," the doctor's wife said, holding her hand about three feet from the porch floor.

  • There was no need now that she ever should know, so the doctor's wife said, with filling eyes.

  • It was no easy or simple thing, so the doctor's wife said, for a woman of the Pennyroyal Region to earn a family's living.

  • The good-wife said that he could have meat forthwith, but "You must look after your own safety.

  • Then the good-wife said, "It is impossible for man or horse to get across the river.

  • The yeoman's wife said, "I know for a certainty that it will fare ill with thee today, if thou dost this evil thing.

  • Their repast must have been meagre, judging from the time in which it was despatched, and my wife said, "Can't I send them something?

  • Fortunately I had good health, and, as my wife said, was "handy with children.

  • You have a bigger family to look after outdoors than I have indoors," my wife said, laughingly.

  • Wife said--not in an unkind way--"Good enough for you.

  • My wife said, 'John, leave that car alone; don't go to town.

  • On hearing this, wife said, "The good brethren do not know any better; I am going to die.

  • Only Farmer Rodel's wife said: "I don't see anything foolish in that.

  • And now the young farmer's wife said to Barefoot: "Go upstairs and put on your Sunday dress.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wife said" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


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