compulsory marriage

Example Sentences

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Among KNUFNS' promises: to re-establish banks and private ownership, restore family life and abolish "compulsory marriage."

From Time Magazine Archive

What!" exclaimed the young lady, "do you deny your other tenfold greater crime—the compulsory marriage performed by the Reverend Raymond Rashleigh?

From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by Fleming, May Agnes

He felt very awkward about his compulsory marriage; but happily no one seemed to think the worse of him for it.

From Jena or Sedan? by Beyerlein, Franz

But a compulsory marriage is worse to me than death!

From Prince Eugene and His Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

I have long withstood you, my friends," said Elizabeth, "I have not coveted this imperial Russian crown, but much less have I desired that crown of thorns a compulsory marriage.

From The Daughter of an Empress by Greene, Nathaniel