marriage of convenience

Example Sentences

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What used to be an alliance of kindred souls is viewed by both sides today as a marriage of convenience, loveless and lacking basic trust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

It was to be a marriage of convenience — convenient business-wise for both Roscoe and Charlie.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

The film, about a bisexual Taiwanese landlord who enters a marriage of convenience with his woman tenant to quell his persistent parents, was a major success among critics and audiences.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

At first, the song is one big eye-roll: Just shut up and admit the truth, Chappell insists, before you get trapped in a loveless, heterosexual marriage of convenience.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024

It is clear even to me that it is a marriage of convenience and not of love.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung