How to Use marital in a Sentence

marital

adjective
  • They've been having marital problems.
  • Now on their mini-moon in Dallas, the pair are basking in the glow of marital bliss.
    Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2022
  • That’s where the marital tension ends and the spy drama begins.
    Amber Dowling, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The older women may have passed through their marital storms, but Sofi is still in the middle of hers.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Kyle's been playing her marital woes close to the vest and both viewers and her costars have noticed.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2024
  • For those who haven’t yet seen the film or read the biographies, what was their marital agreement?
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Julie and Eric Powell's marital struggles are an integral part of the blog, the book and the movie.
    Michael Barnes, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Will and Stevie get stuck in the middle of a marital faceoff.
    Rodney Ho, ajc, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Kyle Richards is handling her marital issues in a way that works for her.
    Abby Stern, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
  • It’s part of his charm, and part of their marital arrangement.
    Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Sue-Ellen had left the marital home with the couple’s five youngest children about a week before she was killed.
    Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2024
  • Come the day's end, relax in a deluxe casita with a private pool and a newfound sense of peace and marital bliss.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2022
  • His parents' marital problems, God and thoughts of self-harm were all probed.
    Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Now, the tone has shifted to hail these couples for their candour about their marital strife.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Even before the shooting, the Gehr’s marital war was prime tabloid fodder.
    Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
  • Many of the couple's marital woes leading up to their divorce have been seen on the Bravo series.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Ninety-five percent of the marital assets, according to the lawyer, have since been sunk into the home.
    Marisa Kashino, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The split has just begun to play out on screen, as Richards divulged her marital changes to costar Dorit Kemsley.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • If that wasn’t wildly eventful other than the Shiv-Tom marital strife, stay tuned.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Resume the process the doctor started of seizing her keys; take the marital hit as a public service.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Meanwhile, one only needs to look at the millions of Harry and Meghan stories to know why The Crown‘s marital drama is juicy.
    Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
  • It’s been the mood of the moment, to judge by the best-seller lists, on which July’s novel is one of many books about the marital crises of white women in their forties.
    Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • But Jim and Tabitha’s marital tension or Julie’s teen angst don’t hold much interest in the meantime.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2022
  • His name has changed over the years depending on his marital status.
    Nolan Clay, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Not until the end does the marital bond between Oscar and June become acutely poignant.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Focus on those who are free and clear of any vestiges of marital attachments.
    Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • And the season ends with a scene of marital bliss between the Viscount and Viscountess Bridgerton.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2022
  • The couple tries to abide by their marital vows, even as there appears to be no real road to the normality Nick craves.
    Christina Newland, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
  • Novels that leave wrongdoing out of their worlds imply that no transgression, marital or otherwise, could be that small, and that for a character to do something genuinely harmful would bring their whole life crashing down.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
  • There’s genuine love between this unlikely couple, which makes the series’ title (and Georgie’s pre-established marital history) all the more intriguing.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 14 Oct. 2024

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