affianced

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"The Perfidy of the Affianced Bride," which is not rhymed in the original, runs as follows: Hot in heaven the summer sun doth shine, But me, young though I be, it warmeth not!

From A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Affianced, Sir? love-whispers may not breathe Within this vestal limit, and how should I, Who am not mine, say, live: the thunderbolt Hangs silent; but prepare: I speak; it falls.'

From The Princess by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

Affianced young man, life has its epochs, which revolutionize it for good or bad.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.

Affianced Slavic girls often do not see their intended husbands before the wedding-day.

From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Robinson, Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob

"Affianced," he explained, still busy with the fruit.

From Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles