The uxorious protagonist in Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage feels controlled by his obsession for his beloved. |
When my first wife left me for being too uxorious, I reacted as most Greeks would. |
Of them all Hilperik, the King of Neustria, was the most uxorious and effeminate. |
These words smack of the uxorious policy recommended to husbands by Poor Richard. |
But with the luxurious and uxorious love which does hinder action he had done. |
Wealthy and more or less contented, O'Hara settled into a life of uxorious country squiredom, first in Quogue, on Long Island, and then in Princeton. |