wedlock

Example Sentences

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Younger Americans view financial security as a prerequisite for wedlock, a shift that’s contributing to delayed or declining marriage rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

Maternity homes were popular before Roe as a place where usually teen mothers went to secretly have babies that were conceived out of wedlock.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025

Both paint wedlock as a fortunate state, when it works.

From Salon • May 29, 2025

But he was instead mired in scandal, including mounting debts and lawsuits and backlash from two children born out of wedlock.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

He is what’s known as a bastard, a child born out of wedlock.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day