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

And all the little mighty things that cheer The closing day from quiet year to year, I leave to those whom benignant fate Or merit destines to the wedded state.

From The Little Tea Book by Hood, George Washington

She leaned back in her chair in luxurious ease: I had from the first become aware that the way she fingered her pearls was a sharp image of the wedded state.

From Embarrassments by James, Henry

Of her wedded state, so void of love and tenderness, there were many records; for at this point she appeared first to become conscious of her dignity, and of the purpose of life.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

You are a show of domesticity which lends color to our claim of wedded state.

From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Leyendecker, Frank X.