unmarry

Example Sentences

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We marry, unmarry and remarry again more quickly than the citizens of any other Western nation.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2013

Weldon Owens, witness at a wedding, signed on the wrong line, had to get a court order to unmarry him.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I am going to England to marry one and to unmarry the other," she had said on leaving Paris.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta

"I can't see that," said Joanna—"a parson married you, so reckon a parson must unmarry you."

From Joanna Godden by Kaye-Smith, Sheila

One had a broken leg, another a black eye, a third a swollen nose; all were suffering from some ailment, but with one voice they joined in the cry, "Lady, unmarry us again!"

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel