wedded state
Example Sentences
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He invariably insisted that plural marriage was the only natural and proper wedded state for man.
From Time Magazine Archive
The case of Etheldrythe, the daughter of Anna, the famous King of East Anglia, as cited by Thrupp, will serve to illustrate the prevailing conditions of the wedded state.
From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh
A ye who bless the wedded state With tributes born of generous blindness, Bemourn the fate that well may wait Your gifted kindness.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 6, 1892 by Various
There is also a difference of opinion as to whether the active or the passive form is preferable in referring to a person's wedded state.
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly
Their smiles had banned the revelation even to themselves of the tragedy of their wedded state.
From Fraternity by Galsworthy, John
