housewife - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • become: A quirky drama about a thief who cons her way to becoming a housewife to avoid arrest.
  • play: I say this simply because she is entitled to express herself as a woman by playing the housewife completely.
  • say: They want to bring the Arabs to their knees, " said 50-year-old Egyptian housewife Samia.

Adjective modifier

  • bored: Whether you are a single mom, divorced dad or just a bored housewife, you will find a date.
  • suburban: Susan Henshaw is a suburban housewife heavily involved in the local PTA.
  • desperate: To me she looks like a desperate housewife in need of a decent meal.
  • ordinary: He could have been any ordinary laborer, she any ordinary housewife.

Modifies a noun

  • audience: Radio allows the advertiser to build high levels of frequency against the housewife audience, an exercise which would be extremely expensive on TV.

Noun used with modifier

  • desperate: You can have ' Desperate Housewife ' or choose your own slogan or name.
  • class: For example, a middle class housewife whose husband uses the car during the day would probably need to be included 7.12.

Preposition: with

  • child: Four audiences have been examined: all adults, ABC1 adults, 15-34 adults, housewives with children.
  • kid: Five Life will be a women's lifestyle channel aimed at housewives with kids, similar to Flextech's pay-TV channel, Living.

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