husband-to-be

Example Sentences

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Gina Russo was watching a gig with her husband-to-be, Fred Crisostomi, when she realised something wasn't right.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

She was a Loyalist, and her American husband-to-be was an officer in the British army, so she may have assumed that her political sympathies would protect her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

The novel’s second part, which is the longest, takes readers back to 1975, when Vivian Yin first met her husband-to-be, Richard Lowell.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

The Celtic band is a common family heirloom, traditionally passed down from mother to daughter, who would give it to her husband-to-be.

From National Geographic • Jan. 11, 2024

Felicia first notices her second husband-to-be when he pedals by her furiously on a clunky Russian bicycle, his hair vertical as a sail.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García