wedlock

Example Sentences

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Younger Americans view financial security as a prerequisite for wedlock, a shift that’s contributing to delayed or declining marriage rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 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

But he was instead mired in scandal, including mounting debts and lawsuits and backlash from two children born out of wedlock.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

Catherine gave birth in an orphanage in Dublin and, because of attitudes at the time about children born out of wedlock, she was coerced into giving Gladys up for adoption.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024

He is what’s known as a bastard, a child born out of wedlock.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day