marital

Example Sentences

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Before Ngatikaura’s divorce filing, the pair’s marital struggles had become public.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

You gave up your career to raise your stepdaughter, and you used marital funds to do that until she reached adulthood.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

However, Jackson's later years would be punctuated by scandal, including revelations of marital infidelity and financial impropriety involving his son and political heir, Jesse Jackson Jr, who served as a congressman from Illinois.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

When Suzanna discovers the deception, Rose tries to convince her to stay in the marital home by promising her freedom in their life together.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

He and Tessie were stationed at Pearl Harbor, where they lived in austere marital housing and where my mother, at twenty-five, got a terrible sunburn and was never seen in a bathing suit again.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides