out of wedlock
Example Sentences
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“If we see that 70% of households are raising children out of wedlock, that means 30% are not,” Mr. Woodson once told me.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Hamilton was born out of wedlock on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
Maternity homes were popular before Roe as a place where usually teen mothers went to secretly have babies that were conceived out of wedlock.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025
Cohen also recounted going to Trump after learning about a Trump Tower doorman who claimed, falsely, that Trump had a child out of wedlock.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024
The couple’s first daughter, Dessie, had been born out of wedlock, an event entirely within the realm of what Pitezel’s parents had come to expect of their son.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
