How to Use matrimony in a Sentence

matrimony

noun
  • Even if matrimony isn't in the cards, dating while in debt can be a downer.
    Nona Willis Aronowitz, Marie Claire, 20 May 2014
  • All the while, MacLaine finds herself in and out of matrimony a total of four times—four times a bride, four times a widow.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2019
  • What made this part of the south such a draw for people trying to get unshackled from the bonds of holy matrimony?
    Ellie Delano, Woman's Day, 19 Mar. 2013
  • States of matrimony Portion of tax returns listing the man's name first, by state.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 10 July 2023
  • Adding insult to matrimony, Mehar hasn't met her husband-to-be.
    Kevin Canfield, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021
  • There was a lively second line procession, good food and all-around good vibes on the last day Essence Fest as these two joined in holy matrimony.
    Jasmine Grant, Essence, 5 July 2019
  • Jana Kramer‘s three years of matrimony haven’t been smooth sailing, but the country music star is not giving up on love.
    Chelsea White, PEOPLE.com, 22 May 2018
  • Subscribe One young man tried the lottery for three years before taking the fake-matrimony route.
    Benjamin Carlson, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The Riot Fest Wedding Chapel will celebrate the matrimony of at least 32 couples already signed up to take their vows over the weekend.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Before the pair take the big step into matrimony, Grande and Davidson may have made the move to cohabitation.
    Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 18 June 2018
  • Shame on you, Murder Bride, for giving anyone pause about entering the holy state of matrimony.
    Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
  • But the road to a royal wedding has no speed limit, and Markle and Harry cruised toward destination holy matrimony (with a few speed bumps along the way).
    Lynsey Eidell, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2018
  • Each book follows the eight Bridgerton siblings' path to matrimony.
    Nasha Smith, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2021
  • And then there’s the backdrop of this family, which does not suggest happy matrimony.
    Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 20 May 2018
  • At first there are doubts and cold feet, but the ceremony goes off without a hitch and the audience is left expecting the usual ups and downs of matrimony to follow.
    Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2017
  • But the situation is different among the middle and working classes; overall, as many as one-third of the births in the U.S. take place outside matrimony.
    Joel Kotkin, National Review, 25 July 2019
  • Watching the two worlds marry in Hollywood matrimony is prime black pride.
    Erica Ayisi, The Root, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The new film opens with what may be Wyld Stallyns’ final gig: a wedding uniting Bill’s and Ted’s families in very unholy matrimony.
    Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Now we're left with the new couple settling down into boring matrimony.
    Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Cy the Cynic, whose views on matrimony are well known, says electronic banking is the second-fastest way to transfer money from an account.
    Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2017
  • All Your Perfects isn’t the only recent romance to venture into less-than-perfect side of matrimony.
    Kamrun Nesa, Glamour, 3 Dec. 2019
  • But the salient feature of my grandmother’s salads was their mayonnaise: an ever-so-slightly piquant matrimony of egg yolk and oil, waxen white and glossy, and made by hand that very day.
    Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2017
  • After about a week, the survey closes, the responses are run through an algorithm, and the respondents are paired off to enjoy long-lasting matrimony.
    New York Times, 19 May 2021
  • What would happen if those two media giants joined in unholy matrimony?
    Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2017
  • A time for Britain’s high society to mingle in their finery, celebrating two of their own joining in matrimony.
    Emma Stefansky, Vanities, 20 May 2017
  • And what was bothering me wasn't the immediate shift into matrimony, or, say, the Kimye flower wall that Freed co-opted for said wedding sequence.
    Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Married Women is a column that explores how women are redefining the rules of matrimony.
    Arielle Greenberg, The Cut, 14 June 2018
  • It is aimed at singles serious about matrimony and tries to make women comfortable about signing up.
    Suryatapa Bhattacharya, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Idris Elba and his beautiful wife Sabrina Dhowre are basking in holy matrimony while letting the world in our their wedding journey.
    Jasmine Grant, Essence, 4 June 2019
  • The wounds and salves of family life, in particular the abrasions of matrimony, are Baumbach’s specialty.
    A.o. Scott, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022

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