His widow struggled to run the business herself until her brother, who had established a dry-goods store in Knoxville, Tennessee, persuaded her in 1865 to emigrate with the children.

So suitor after suitor was refused with gracious courtesy; the widow struggled on alone to rear her children.

After Cailloux's death, his widow, Felicie, struggled to receive the financial benefits promised by the United States Government.

The Tolkiens settled in the small English town of Sarehole, where the widow struggled to raise her children alone.

Orry Main's widow, Madeline, struggles to save the family plantation while combating racial prejudice and the enmity of her brother-in-law Cooper.

John died in 1661; his widow struggled on, but her son Abraham (1681) let all fall into ruins.

A recent widow struggles to pull together her own life and the lives of those around her.

A widow and her two teenagers are struggling financially and feeling dislocated by their town's changing social alignments; Sarah Lord is especially good as the daughter whose fascination with a neighbor's trip to Bhutan gives the play its title and overarching metaphor (1:20).