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

However much the Americans may wish to deny it, I am inclined to think that there are more marriages of convenance in the United States than in most other countries.

From Diary in America, Series Two by Marryat, Frederick

Some may not be all mariages de convenance that you choose to call such.

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida

In the meantime he felt that Joan's marriage de convenance was a comfortable arrangement for all parties concerned.

From Salthaven by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)

The opening chapter is a picture of a lively Parisian ménage, such as many doubtless exist; a striking example of a mariage de convenance, or mis-match.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various