convenance

Example Sentences

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It is equally obvious to anyone who knows Philip that he is not the type to submit meekly to the dictates of a dynastic manage de convenance.

From Time Magazine Archive

There had been no suggestion in their many t�te-�-t�tes that they were about to embark upon a mariage de convenance.

From The Golden Web by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

"It would be nothing worse than a mariage de convenance," said Uncle William.

From The Hero by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

However much the Americans may wish to deny it, I am inclined to think that there are more marriages of convenance in the United States than in most other countries.

From Diary in America, Series Two by Marryat, Frederick

But it was really a mariage d'amour, not merely de convenance.

From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)