married

Example Sentences

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“The typical cop is ‘married to the job’ and though he or she may need to break a few rules from time to time, the ends justify the means because they are the ‘good guys’.”

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2017

“And of course he ‘married into’ the community via Iman,” joked Daniel, referencing his 23 year marriage to the Somali-born supermodel.

From MSNBC • Jan. 12, 2016

Phrases such as 'by marrying the train to the track, George Stephenson …' as if it were an innovation and achievement, are misleading; Blenkinsop and Murray had already 'married the train to the track'.

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2013

He was a six-thousand-rupee man, so great that his daughters never 'married.'

From The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling by Kipling, Rudyard

I—to tell him he 'married me for my money'—when all the while I was a beggar on his hands!

From Agatha's Husband A Novel by Crane, Walter