husband-to-be

Example Sentences

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Bridal magazines have long graced grocery aisles, but now there are publications marketing to the husband-to-be.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Just before we got married 46 years ago, I told my husband-to-be that I didn’t want to take his last name.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2025

It was there she met her husband-to-be Ahmed Al-Khatib and married him at the age of 15.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 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

Carolina, who did not especially like to fish, wielded a rod anyway, because she was in love with her husband-to-be.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols