How to Use husband in a Sentence

husband

1 of 2 noun
  • Have you met her husband?
  • My late husband was ill for six years.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • My best friend met her husband here.
    — Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
  • My ex-husband said this one great thing.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • But that dream died along with her husband.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
  • My friend and his husband, and me, and him.
    — Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Same with her husband (and my son).
    — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Hamel’s husband was shocked, too.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
  • Well played, husband, well played.
    — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • My husband would not have been this black-and-white a decade ago.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
  • That same day, her husband Doug lost his job.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • My husband is in his mid 80s and in poor health.
    — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The scenes with my children and my husband are hard.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • After her husband was struck in the leg.
    — Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • My husband can see past clutter to clean.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Her first thoughts were of her children and her husband.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Her husband was going to be her donor.
    — Dawn White, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • Marysol’s husband, Steve, makes it.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Nothing like a project by my husband to bring out the sun.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • Her husband says that's a very vulgar pet.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • Her husband might not even have noticed that they were gone.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • And still, my husband and I won’t give our son our house key.
    — Coley Gallagher, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Beat your husband in air hockey.
    — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Corral’s husband wasn’t there to greet her.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Your husband needs something to do.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Her husband was mowing the lawn.
    — John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The first sight of money that her friend's now-husband had flashed, that is.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • Sarah Boyd's husband Jon checked in from the plane.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • My husband refuses to let his son move away with his ex.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Her husband then climbed on top of her and straddled her with his legs across her waist.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026

husband

2 of 2 verb
  • The country has husbanded its resources well.
  • All of life up there in the brainpan, all of it somehow husbanded there.
    — Benjamin Taylor, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Lopez laughed off the moment, before giving her ex-husband his props.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • His favorite example is an oyster-husbanding pilot project on a barge off of downtown.
    — Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Kenya Moore has finally shared photos from her secret wedding to husband Marc!
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 20 June 2017
  • Christina Hall is sharing details of her 'private' first wedding to husband Josh!
    — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Her financial gains surfaced in records tied to husband Jeremiah Quarles’ theft case.
    — Miles Moffeit elvia Limón, Dallas News, 12 July 2019
  • First, a glorious wedding to husband Sam Asghari—now new music, too?
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The glimpse reminded voters that Davis, who was husbanding his resources for a late advertising push, was still in the race.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The glimpse reminded voters that Davis, who was husbanding his resources for a late advertising push, was still in the race.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The trails were once a deciding factor in keeping her and husband Ryan in California.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
  • As this novel pushes forward, however, Gessen’s patience, his ability to husband his resources, begins to pay off.
    — New York Times, 9 July 2018
  • Still, crypto is a uniquely perilous investment for families struggling to husband their resources for retirement.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Although desires may be infinite, the means available are not, and good commanders set priorities, build alliances and husband their resources.
    — John Nagl, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2018
  • In the 15 years since the movie's release, she's starred in a number of blockbuster films and is one half of a power couple (thanks to husband John Krasinski).
    — Paulina Jayne Isaac, Glamour, 25 May 2021
  • Yesterday, the pop star shared a glimpse into her and husband Sam Asghari's tropical getaway via Instagram.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 July 2022
  • Poirier was able to obtain her driver’s license after being seizure-free for 12 months, and has been married to husband Sean Lefevre for 27 years.
    — Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Today, Chastain has two kids and is married to husband Luca Passi de Preposulo.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Jessica Alba is looking back at her impromptu decision to get married to husband Cash Warren.
    — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 21 July 2022
  • Kardashian also attended Hilton's recent wedding to husband Carter Reum.
    — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Hilton started out her Instagram carousel with what appeared to be a more recent photo of the pair at her wedding to husband Carter Reum in 2021.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • During her best screenplay acceptance speech, Gyllenhaal gave emotional props to husband Peter Sarsgaard.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Credibly balancing against China in the foreseeable future will require husbanding resources more carefully.
    — Ely Ratner, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Over the weekend, the dog-loving country star, 36, revealed that thanks to husband Brendan McLoughlin’s vigilance, the couple was able to spot an adorable stray kitten during a drive in Texas.
    — PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2020
  • Government should not impede or discourage parents in their conscientious accumulation, husbanding and investment of those assets for their children’s education, broadly construed.
    — George Will, Twin Cities, 17 July 2019
  • And then there's Ashley's ongoing relationship to husband Michael Darby, which has been a hot topic since the series debuted in January 2016.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The newspaper cited a court document as saying Martin, who's been married to husband Jwan Yosef since 2017, had refused to accept the petitioner's decision and continued to make frequent, unwanted contact with the person.
    — Esther Animalu, CBS News, 4 July 2022

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