How to Use marry in a Sentence

marry

verb
  • I asked her to marry me.
  • They were married by a justice of the peace.
  • They hope to have a priest marry them.
  • They married for love, not money.
  • He married his college sweetheart.
  • The minister has married more than 100 couples.
  • But at that point, my husband and I were in the process of getting married.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Clark Schwartzkopf: They had been married for eight years.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Dear Amy: My husband and I were married for five years.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Problem is, he’s been married since 2019 and doesn’t date pop stars.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • There, he got married and soon resumed his work as a sailor.
    Erica Westly, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Hawkins said the year they got married, each was laid off from their corporate jobs in the same week.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Now, the pair have been together for 16 years — married for six.
    Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2023
  • Then, Brayden dropped to one knee to ask Christina to marry him on live TV.
    Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Sure, the driver of that ride happens to be Che’s ex, to whom Che happens to still be married.
    Time, 22 June 2023
  • Todd and Teresa were married in Jamaica and the early years were good.
    Gary Wynn, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The pair rekindled their romance in 2022 and married soon after.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Two of her sisters remain in the Twin Cities, while the third married a man in Saudi Arabia.
    AZCentral.com, 11 June 2023
  • The actress has been married twice: first to the late actor Robert Stephens and then to the late playwright Beverly Cross.
    Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 26 May 2023
  • Lizi, a cheerful girl with curly blonde hair, was born a year after the couple married.
    Constant Méheut Oksana Parafeniuk, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Cody was just beginning this next chapter of his life and was about to be married.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
  • The novelist was married three times and had two children.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 13 June 2023
  • That burden may affect their choice of when to marry, have children, or buy a home.
    Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The Coopers have been together for some time now—they’ve been married since 2014.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Both marry their female abusers after the women have served jail time for their crimes.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
  • For the first time in the parade's history, a couple was married during the parade.
    Lance Brownfield, arkansasonline.com, 18 Mar. 2024
  • He was diagnosed in his mid 30s, after we’d been married for a few years.
    Coco Morante, Bon Appétit, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Jonas’ rep denied this claim to Billboard. Turner and Jonas married in May 2019.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The couple married in 1999 and share four children: Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The former couple got married two years later, in August 2017.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024

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