widowedwid‧owed /ˈwɪdəʊd $ -doʊd/ verb 
Examples
She was widowed at the age of 25.► see thesaurus at married—widowed adjective: his widowed mother
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- As to age, she's forty-four, and she's been married and widowed and has brought up three bains.
- I'd been widowed a year when we met.
- If a woman without sons is widowed, she is the ultimate casualty.
- In contrast 50 percent of women aged 65 + and 18 percent of men are widowed.
- Others are widowed or divorced, and hate being the odd one out among friends who are all couples.
- Personally, I appreciated the importance of being able to empathize with a newly widowed or soon-to-be-divorced client.
- She may have been married, widowed or divorced.
- The widowed Kouao had three grown-up boys of her own and an adopted daughter.
THESAURUS► married
Phrases having a husband or wife: · How long have you been married?· a married couple
► single not married: · Chris is 45 and still single.· single mothers
► engaged having formally agreed to marry someone in the future: · Jane and Pete have just got engaged.· engaged couples
► live together to share a home and have a sexual relationship, but not be married: · More and more couples are choosing to live together rather than get married.
► separated no longer living with your husband or wife because of problems in your marriage: · I think Joan and Brian are separated now.
► divorced no longer married because you have legally ended your marriage: · My parents got divorced when I was 10.· divorced men
► widowed no longer married because your husband or wife has died: · He’s a widowed father of two.
Longman Language Activatorwhen one of your relatives or friends dies► lose if you lose a close relative or friend, they die: · Sharon lost her mother when she was very young.· It's a terrible thing to lose someone very close to you.
► be widowed if you are widowed , your husband or wife dies: · Tony's mother was widowed at the age of 23 with three children.
► be orphaned if you are orphaned , both your parents die when you are still young: · Ben was orphaned at an early age and raised by an uncle.
► bereaved formal used about someone whose close relative or friend has died: · The bereaved mother stood by her son's grave.· Bereaved family members are demanding more information about the plane crash.
not married any more► divorced someone who is divorced has officially ended their marriage: · He's living with a divorced woman and her two children.· Yes, she used to be married, but she's been divorced since last year.get divorced (=officially end your marriage): · They got divorced only three years after they got married.
► ex-husband/ex-wife the man or woman that you used to be married to before getting divorced: · His ex-wife never lets him see the children.
► be separated if a husband and wife are separated , they do not live with each other, because they are not happy together any more, but they are not divorced: · We're not divorced, but we've been separated for six months.
► widow a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again: · Mr Jarvis died yesterday, leaving a widow and four children.· Mourners at the funeral included Paul's widow, Sarah Jones.
► widower a man whose wife has died and who has not married again: · Mr Wright, a widower with one son and two grandchildren, made his first parachute jump yesterday.
► widowed if someone is widowed , their wife or husband has died and they have not married again: · Joyce had come to Tucson to live with a recently widowed aunt.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be widowed
be widowed if someone is widowed, their husband or wife dies: - Carla was widowed very young.
- He's gone to stay with his widowed mother in Florida.
- Tony's mother was widowed at the age of 23 with three children.
- Carla Miller was widowed when a tractor rolled over on her husband.
- If a woman without sons is widowed, she is the ultimate casualty.
- In contrast 50 percent of women aged 65 + and 18 percent of men are widowed.
- Just under 4 in 10 women aged 65 or over are married and one half are widowed.
- One half of all women aged 65+ are widowed, compared to just one fifth of men in this age group.
- Others are widowed or divorced, and hate being the odd one out among friends who are all couples.
- This was the shop which had been run by Eb's Aunt Emily ever since she was widowed, thirty years earlier.
She was widowed at the age of 25.► see thesaurus at married—widowed adjective: his widowed mother