- present participle of marry.
marrying
Example Sentences
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The vision of a utopian domestic future took a strange turn during the Cold War, marrying the breathless excitement of the space age with the existential dread of nuclear annihilation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Countering that trend are young people who have spent the past three years doing the opposite: enlisting in the military, marrying and building lives in a country at war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Countering that trend are young people who have spent the past three years doing the opposite: enlisting in the military, marrying and building lives inside a nation at war, reports Anvee Bhutani.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Blacknell said Linton called her sister and talked about possibly marrying the actor Will Smith and picking up her niece for school in the moments before the wreck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Right. And what's really interesting is she ended up marrying him once she healed from the accident. Not right away, but a few years after."
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
