wedded state
Example Sentences
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He invariably insisted that plural marriage was the only natural and proper wedded state for man.
From Time Magazine Archive
Numbers 4 and 5, respectively, a wife thoroughly happy in the wedded state, and a radiant, able-bodied spinster haughtily unconcerned about love and lovers, are not to be answered by such a simple gallicism.
From Search-Light Letters by Grant, Robert
The case of Etheldrythe, the daughter of Anna, the famous King of East Anglia, as cited by Thrupp, will serve to illustrate the prevailing conditions of the wedded state.
From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh
Could you then hope from an unduteous daughter, To meet in wedded state, the due compliance Heav'n hath ordain'd, or I expect its blessings?
From The Female Gamester A Tragedy by Howard, Gorges Edmond
"A very excellent resolve, Mr Newland; there are few young men who care about love now-a-days, but I consider that love is a great security for happiness in the wedded state."
From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick
