marriageable
Example Sentences
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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
She Stoops to Conquer A marriageable young woman sets her sights on a well-to-do Londoner in Oliver Goldsmith’s 19th century romantic comedy.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2018
The biggest gap between men and women of marriageable age, defined here as 15 to 29, will come in the next few decades, as the babies of the past decade grow up.
From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2018
All ladies of noble blood, all of marriageable age.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
