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
He said, amongst the rest, that there appeared to be no ground of refusal, except a strong disinclination to enter the wedded state.
From Put Yourself in His Place by Reade, Charles
There is also a difference of opinion as to whether the active or the passive form is preferable in referring to a person's wedded state.
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly
As sometimes happens when there is a great disparity in years, the wedded state had widened instead of lessening the gulf between Milbanke and herself.
From The Gambler A Novel by Thurston, Katherine Cecil
I find, are things not thought requisite to the happiness of a wedded state; and interest and convenience alone consulted.
