pop the question
Example Sentences
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The couple shared the happy news Wednesday on Instagram with a video of Knight getting down on one knee to pop the question.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
The luxury marriage proposal business is booming in Paris with international clients happy to pay thousands to pop the question in the most romantic way possible in the City of Love.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
The first Love is Blind UK contestant to pop the question said he had "no regrets" about taking part.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024
So when it came time to pop the question to his girlfriend, Ann, in 1989, DeHovitz decided to place a reader ad himself: “Ann, my love for you is forever! Please marry me. Love, Ross.”
From New York Times • May 9, 2023
“Likes you? He called up this morning to ax me if I thought you was ever gonna remarry. Lord. I says, ‘Well, Claude, you gotta pop the question.’
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
