convenance

Example Sentences

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It is equally obvious to anyone who knows Philip that he is not the type to submit meekly to the dictates of a dynastic manage de convenance.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seemed that when he was only twenty-three he had made a mariage de convenance to please his father.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie

Later on he effectually thwarted Zygmunt's desire to join in the rising of 1830, and by his persistence forced him into a reluctant mariage de convenance.

From Kościuszko A Biography by Gardner, Monica M. (Monica Mary)

I shuddered at the idea of a mere mariage de convenance.

From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)

As a Frenchman, I know it scarcely becomes me to throw the first stone at my neighbour for this: France is admittedly a country where mariages de convenance are common.

From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Allyn, Jack