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

Both paint wedlock as a fortunate state, when it works.

From Salon • May 29, 2025

Women brought the victims to her, babies born out of wedlock, perhaps one too many for a household or the mother too young.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

The couple’s first daughter, Dessie, had been born out of wedlock, an event entirely within the realm of what Pitezel’s parents had come to expect of their son.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson