mariage de convenance
Example Sentences
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It seemed that when he was only twenty-three he had made a mariage de convenance to please his father.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
If you will agree to this—this mariage de convenance, I will do all that lies in my power to make your life happy.
From The Shadow of the East by Hull, E. M. (Edith Maude)
"A mariage de convenance," Sturling remarked with a smile, as he saw me inspecting the labels.
From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen
Our system is, in fact, gradually becoming a clumsy compromise between the mariage de convenance and the mariage d'amour, with most of the disadvantages, and very few of the advantages, of either.
From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Calhoun, Lucia Gilbert
A mariage de convenance on both sides, if it ever came off.
From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
