marriageable
Example Sentences
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Without men they see as marriageable, some working-class women have children alone; a growing number just aren’t having kids at all.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
"As a result, the difficulty of being considered marriageable can be a social stigma, indicating they're not capable and deserving of the role, which leads to great pressures and mental strains."
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
In India, the legal marriageable age is 21 for men and 18 for women.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2023
Once Rhaenyra becomes marriageable, Viserys fields a plethora of suitors for her hand.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022
But if I made myself unsellable here, my parents need only wait until China, and there, where anything happens, they would be able to unload us, even me—sellable, marriageable.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
