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Discover LudwigThe word "wife" is definitely correct and usable in written English
You can use it when referring to the female spouse of a married man. For example: "My wife helps me a lot with home repairs."
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wife
noun
A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
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He is survived by his wife and children.
He is survived by his wife, Pamela, and a daughter, Maidei.
After Shad mentioned the words "gay" and "marriage," we heard Peter's wife hiss, "Don't talk to those people!" Peter rolled his eyes slightly, stepped out onto the porch, and shut the door behind him.
He returned to Japan with his wife and founded Nikka, a company that, along with Suntory, is one of the pillars of the Japanese whisky industry.
Then she found letters he had written home from Egypt to his wife and six children, and something in their tone captivated her.
Back home, his wife, Mary, given the news that Tom was missing, presumed wounded, refused to accept the inevitable.
Clearly, he hadn't bargained on the fact that "paying forward" for the stunt would entail losing his wife, his cat, his last remaining money, and any hope of shopping at the mall again for 12 months after Bloomington police ordered him not to return to the scene for a year.
Each year, on the anniversary of their first date, Fitt would buy stockings and chocolates, and repeat his journey to see the woman who would become his wife.
His wife, Patience, led the rally with a song asking God to guarantee his victory.
Jacobs's family described her as a "wonderful" mother, daughter, sister and wife in a statement to the Washington Post.
On top of his wife battling cancer, Gerry Adams now faces serious accusations from a former comrade over the McConville killing as well as claims that he played a major role in Bloody Friday, a series of bomb blasts across Belfast in July 1972 that left nine dead and dozens injured.
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