Which preposition to use with widowed

of Occurrences 544%

| | | Signed, EMILY G. NATHAN, | | | | Widow of B. NATHAN.

in Occurrences 83%

For pure worship (says St James), and undefiled before God and the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep ourselves unspotted from the world.

with Occurrences 70%

"That paper I took out of his portfolio, that paper I picked up, children; where the Colonel says he is going to marry a widow with two children.

at Occurrences 32%

Strange that these two sisters should both become widows at an early age.

for Occurrences 28%

ANTONIVS DISCOLIVS FILIVS ET BIBIVS FELLICISSIMVS ALVMNVS VALERIE CRESTENI MATRI BIDVE ANORVM XVIII INTET SANCTOS Antonius Discolius her son, and Bibius Felicissimus her foster-child, to Valeria Crestina their mother, a widow for eighteen years.

to Occurrences 16%

Her kind efforts had restored the poor young widow to consciousness; and she now sat on the floor, with her child on her knee, listening with a calmness that almost seemed apathy, to the words of comfort that were uttered by the gentle Squaw-Sachem.

from Occurrences 13%

At first, influenced by the custom of my country, which prohibits widows from marrying again, I thought only of the pleasure of Veenah's society, which I should, of course, be permitted to enjoy, when duty no longer forbade it; but my imagination kindling in its course, I soon pictured her to myself as my wife.

by Occurrences 10%

Parker had surprised Old Heck, and filled his mind with misgivings, by calling him to one side after breakfast and stammering: "IIreckon you'd just as well go ahead the rest of this week andandlook after the widow by yourself" "What's the matter?"

on Occurrences 9%

How admirable the contrast between her and the Widow on the other side of Dudley Venner!

without Occurrences 5%

Previous to this Mrs. McCarty, who was then Miss Crabb, had run off one day with a young Ensign, who possessed not a shilling, and who speedily died, leaving his widow without property, but with a remarkably fine pair of twins, named Rosalind Clancy and Isabella Finigan Wellesley McCarty.

as Occurrences 5%

Almost as soon a widow as a bride, Within a year the King her husband died; And shortly after he was dead and gone, She was deliver'd of a little son, The prettiest babe, with lips as red as rose, And eyes like little starsbut such a nose The tender Mother fondly took the boy Into her arms, and would have kiss'd her joy; His luckless nose forbade the fond embrace He thrust the hideous feature in her face.

than Occurrences 4%

Better a true man's widow than a traitor's wife.' "Boys, I've only stood on the right side for a month; I've only fought one battle, earned one honor; but I believe these poor achievements are an earnest of the long atonement I desire to make for five-and-twenty years of blind transgression.

until Occurrences 4%

His large property was left principally in the hands of his widow until her decease, after which it was to be divided among the three children.

like Occurrences 3%

"I told him that the idea was unsuitable, out of the question, that he ought to marry a girl of his own age and stationnot a middle-aged widow like me.

after Occurrences 3%

of France, had broken from his contract of marriage before its consummation; her second, the Infante of Spain, died immediately after their union; and her third, the duke of Savoy, left her again a widow after three years of wedded life.

before Occurrences 3%

It was the foreman's last evening with the widow before the beef round-up.

about Occurrences 3%

Without further Preface, you are to know, that within the Liberties of the City of Westminster lives the Lady Honoria, a Widow about the Age of Forty, of a healthy Constitution, gay Temper, and elegant Person.

within Occurrences 3%

There was a law of the commonwealth forbidding the marriage of a widow within a specified period after the death of her husband.

among Occurrences 2%

A widow among the Tahkalis was obliged to carry the bones of her deceased husband wherever she went for four years, preserving them in such a casket, handsomely decorated with feathers (Rich.

across Occurrences 2%

Every time the girl passed the window she saw the widow across the way staring hard at the hut.

out Occurrences 2%

"She died one day, after Clamp had cheated a widow out of her dower.

between Occurrences 1%

Canada does to-morrow "The Canadian Government has issued a proclamation calling up ... childless widows between the ages of 20 and 34 comprised in Class 1 of the Military Service Act.

over Occurrences 1%

I've been a widow over forty years.

beside Occurrences 1%

And granting that such were in the earth, and so might more easily perish, yet when the top was taken off old Guy's brick grave to put his widow beside him, Master Ratsey gave me a peep in, and old Guy's coffin had cracks and warps in it, and looked as if a sound blow would send it to pieces.

through Occurrences 1%

Camilla, lounging sideways on her own veranda window sill, rested her head against the frame, alternately blinking down at the pretty widow through sleepy eyes, and patting her lips to control the persistent yawns that tormented her.

Which preposition to use with  widowed