elope
Example Sentences
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He is engaged to his longtime girlfriend with plans to elope.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
He and Clarkson married in a quiet 2013 ceremony in Tennessee after deciding to elope, then welcomed a daughter in 2014 and a son in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025
And they don’t plan to elope, Zephyr says.
From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023
Your son and his wife were well within their rights to elope.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2023
“Roberto, you have to tell your mother. This elope stuff is wrong.”
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
