Dibdin had married early in life, but deserted his first wife and left her destitute.

My father deserted his wife and shacked up with my mother.

Perhaps the most curious experience was in the case of a young husband who deserted his wife and infant child.

"Do you really think he'd desert his native wife to do that?"

He deserted his wife when her confinement was approaching.

Could a man who deserted his wife and child for another woman get off free without scars?

It was common enough for a man to desert his wife and children.

"Now she is of no further use to him, he has deserted his wife," Bakkat sneered.

A man doesn't desert his wife and two children for a young girl that he's already had an affair with.

Singer has deserted his own wife and children for a young woman.