Will I need to look uxorial up the next time John uses the word?. From Wordnik.com. [Uxorial Pictures, 3/13/07 « Whatever] Reference
And donning my uxorial hat for the third and final time, "I mean, what do I tell my wife?". From Wordnik.com. [The mission song]
Is that an unfair advantage in the never ending uxorial struggle to stay on the reservation?. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas von Hoffman: Unauthorized Alley Catting] Reference
She takes the sandwich from him and bites into it, an uxorial gesture meant to allay suspicion. From Wordnik.com. [The Oscars] Reference
We got to see vintage big Bill again this summer as he saw his uxorial partner in political brazenness lose to a rookie. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Jones: Getting Away With It] Reference
Since my accident she feels an uxorial obligation to attend me twenty-four hours a day — and this for a single fractured rib. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Came To Breakfast]
Ought to be fun, will enjoy whatever tidbits you dole out regarding uxorial bliss later in life or not, some things are private, even for a blogger. From Wordnik.com. [500 miles later, I'm back in Madison.] Reference
Each and every person was focused on Detective Superintendent Malcolm Webberly and his uxorial companion of a quarter of a century, the redoubtable Frances. From Wordnik.com. [A Traitor to Memory]
Marriage had at least taught him that tempestuous feelings of love and despondency could pass if one gave them little credence and by being unmoved by their promptings one could at least have some years of success in obtaining a consistent uxorial presence in his life. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
As was so often the case, P.G. Wodehouse reached deep into the heart of the matter: collecting sporting memorabilia requires dedication, a willingness to speculate, a tolerance of risk and, too often, a certain amount of the ‘iron in the soul’ that equips a man to survive uxorial disapproval. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
Lyndon Johnson's uxorial unit went for a Highway Beautification Program. From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
"He watered the plants, cleared aspen leaves and debris from the rock garden, and cut the lawn … without any uxorial prompting.". From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
This un-uxorial behaviour might be sneered upon in the occidental feminist world, but it's not yet treated with contempt in the orient. From Wordnik.com. [FT.com / House & Home - Turn up the volume] Reference
I haven't got the colic nor the rheumatism, but I feel such a constant uxorial goneness that I have to step around lively to forget myself. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Arp from the uncivil war to date, 1861-1903,] Reference
Riccabocca, the wiliest and most relentless of men in his maxims, melted into absolute uxorial imbecility at the sight of that mute distress. From Wordnik.com. [My Novel — Complete] Reference
And Favorinus, who was a remarkably sensible man, and came from Provence -- the male inhabitants of which district have always valued themselves on their knowledge of love and ladies -- calls this said stata forma the beauty of wives, -- the uxorial beauty. From Wordnik.com. [My Novel — Complete] Reference
She knew that, however austere and commanding he might be when acting under his own convictions, he was abnormally susceptible to uxorial views, and the way to win the captain's sympathies or avert his censure, was to secure the kindly interest of his wife. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier] Reference
Aunt Green, whom the general at first lovingly saluted as his wife (for the poor man had entirely forgotten the uxorial appearance), was all in a pucker for deafness, blindness, and evident misapprehension of all things in general, though clearly pleased, and flattered at her gallant nephew's salutation. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper] Reference
And then there's Taryn Cox, who isn't afraid to put it all out there, unabashedly writing about stereotypically uxorial topics ranging from themed baby showers and creating her own cocktail-style dresses to the art of ironing a newspaper and how to clean with vodka at a blog she has titled TarynCoxTheWife. com. From Wordnik.com. [Columnist: Stephen Miller] Reference
I wouldn’t worry about the uxorial future of male economists. From Wordnik.com. [The Economics of Gold-Digging - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
I’m not very smart and had to look up what “uxorial” means. From Wordnik.com. [Uxorial Pictures, 3/13/07 « Whatever] Reference
"Dear," she said to Eileen, the tears of uxorial vexation drying unshed in her pretty eyes, "Austin has thought fit to seize upon this moment to bring a man down to dinner. From Wordnik.com. [The Younger Set] Reference
Ooooo “uxorial”. From Wordnik.com. [An Uxorial Portrait « Whatever] Reference
Darn you for making me look up uxorial. From Wordnik.com. [Uxorial Pictures, 3/13/07 « Whatever] Reference
After that she returned to more exemplary uxorial roles. ". From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
Is the curlew an uxorial. From Wordnik.com. [Tobogganing on Parnassus] Reference
Lyndon Johnson's uxorial unit went for a. From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
Why didn’t I remember what uxorial meant?. From Wordnik.com. [Uxorial Pictures, 3/13/07 « Whatever] Reference
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