mariage de convenance
Example Sentences
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Mine is, if you like, a mariage de convenance, in the sense that Gerald is a poor man and cannot marry unless he marries money.
From Franklin Kane by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
What the deuce does a mariage de convenance mean but all this, and are not such sober Hymeneal torches more satisfactory often than the most brilliant love matches that ever flamed and burnt out?
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace
"A mariage de convenance," Sturling remarked with a smile, as he saw me inspecting the labels.
From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen
It seemed that when he was only twenty-three he had made a mariage de convenance to please his father.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
If you will agree to this—this mariage de convenance, I will do all that lies in my power to make your life happy.
From The Shadow of the East by Hull, E. M. (Edith Maude)
