marriageable

Example Sentences

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She feared that her daughter – a young woman of marriageable age – would attract negative attention and face difficulties if she stayed single.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Once Rhaenyra becomes marriageable, Viserys fields a plethora of suitors for her hand.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022

Parmigianino’s intriguing painting of an unknown woman includes the hallmarks of a marriageable young woman: She is elegantly dressed, revealing a tasteful amount of unblemished skin.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2019

Sense and Sensibility South Coast Repertory’s 55th season opens with a delicious stage adaptation of the beloved Jane Austen novel about two marriageable sisters governed, respectively, by the head and by the heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2018

“But,” the duke went on, “with a son of marriageable age, she’s busy.”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas