21.   Mrs. Levinger described herself as a battered wife.

22.   In the book, she acknowledges being a lesbian, having abused drugs and alcohol, and that she had been a battered wife.

23.   According to the reports, the woman was a battered wife who was driven by jealousy of the affair.

24.   Yihiye also told the daily on Friday that he opposed the opening of a shelter for battered wives in his town.

25.   Kuwait plans to set up its first government-sponsored hotline for abused girls and battered wives, officials told a newspaper on Sunday.

26.   She claims she was a battered wife, forced to participate in the killings by an abusive husband.