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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a husband on learning" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It could be used in a context where a husband is gaining knowledge or understanding about something, but it needs more context to be meaningful.
Example: "A husband on learning about his wife's surprise party felt a mix of excitement and anxiety."
Alternatives: "a husband discovering" or "a husband upon realizing".
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This is the kind of book in which a husband, on learning that his sister has consummated a longtime crush on his wife by kissing her, responds: "At last!
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Place an emphasis on learning.
She was there on a mission; not to find a husband, but to learn how others went about getting married.
Carol A. Bond, a Pennsylvania woman, grew enraged on learning that her husband was the father of her best friend's child and retaliated by spreading harmful chemicals on the friend's car, mailbox and doorknob.
"As a husband, I have learnt to work with women while sharing roles.
"Poor you!" they commiserated, on learning that my husband's work had relocated.
"You are the sweetest man," says Megan Draper on learning that her husband is helping the neighbour's son dodge the draft.
On learning that her cuddly husband wanted to have at least one fight as a professional heavyweight, she reckoned, "a couple of bruises, quite nice, quite masculine" were a price worth paying for the adventure.
She is also entertaining about professional politics, recording the delight of the researcher who vetted her before her Senate race on learning that her first husband was dead; or admitting to throwing up with nerves before a television appearance.
She was sweet and timid at first, patient and hopeful throughout her husband's long absence and finally distraught on learning the truth of his unfaithfulness.
The wife of the former prime minister has written about how shocked her husband was on learning of Kelly's death and said the couple invited his widow, Janice, to Chequers so they could say "how personally sorry they were about what happened".
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