unwed
Example Sentences
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A few states including Texas and Kansas recognize common-law marriages, where unwed couples who publicly represent themselves as spouses are subject to the state’s marriage and divorce laws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Born to an unwed mother who gave him to relatives to raise as a baby, Ellison—who declined to be interviewed for this article—was estranged from his biological parents.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
She was born Bertha Louise Hable in Dallas in 1946 at a home for unwed mothers, given up for adoption and raised in an orphanage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
By about 1909, it had become a Catholic home for “working girls,” a euphemism for unwed mothers, and, by the late 1920s, a maternity hospital.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Me a mojarad, a single young man, and she an unwed young woman.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
