marital
adjective
mar·i·tal
ˈmer-ə-tᵊl 
ˈma-rə-
1
: of or relating to marriage or the married state
marital vows
2
archaic
: of or relating to a husband and his role in marriage
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Examples of marital in a Sentence
They've been having marital problems.
neither of them ever forgot their marital vows, no matter how hard things sometimes got
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The female-nude painting hanging over her conjugal bed satirizes a freaky tendency that rocks her marital arrangement — an unsettling tour de force from Breillat.
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Armond White, National Review, 26 June 2024
In his petition, Cyrus cited irreconcilable differences and inappropriate marital conduct as the primary reasons, according to People magazine and Entertainment Tonight.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
Times change but a law doesn’t Attorney Ayesha Elaine Lewis leads a national campaign to end the SSI program’s limits on marital assets.
—Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 20 June 2024
Cyrus cited inappropriate marital conduct — which Firerose denied in her own filing — as well as irreconcilable differences in his filing.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 June 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 26 June 2024
In his petition, Cyrus cited irreconcilable differences and inappropriate marital conduct as the primary reasons, according to People magazine and Entertainment Tonight.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
Times change but a law doesn’t Attorney Ayesha Elaine Lewis leads a national campaign to end the SSI program’s limits on marital assets.
—Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 20 June 2024
Cyrus cited inappropriate marital conduct — which Firerose denied in her own filing — as well as irreconcilable differences in his filing.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 June 2024
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“Marital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marital. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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marital
adjective
mar·i·tal
ˈmar-ət-ᵊl
: of or relating to marriage or the married state
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