offer marriage
Example Sentences
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Hodges in 2015, in which the court’s four liberals joined him in finding that it violated the Constitution for states to offer marriage licenses only to heterosexual couples.
From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2018
Almost from the moment Massachusetts became the first state to offer marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, mainstream businesses have tried to find a way to attract customers from this new, lucrative market.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2010
Sowle largely based a quick preliminary opinion on that language: the county not only could offer marriage licenses to gays.
From Time Magazine Archive
My first inquiry was suggested by the fear that he might have been hurried into openly confessing his passion to Susan—although his position forbade him to offer marriage.
From Little Novels by Collins, Wilkie
An old fool! at his time of life, to offer marriage to such a woman as La Bianca.
From A Siren by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus
