How to Use wedlock in a Sentence

wedlock

noun

• Born in 518, Kentigern was the out-of-wedlock son of a king’s daughter.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2020
• Why would Charley Pride want to father a child out of wedlock?
  — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 9 June 2021
• Fewer than one in 10 kids were born out of wedlock; now it’s four in 10.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 13 July 2017
• Mbeki fathered Mpahlwa at the age of 16, out of wedlock.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 6 June 2021
• Most babies born in England and Wales in 2021 were born out of wedlock, for the first time since records began.
  — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 16 Aug. 2022
• In the early 1980s, a woman in England had a baby out of wedlock.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 June 2021
• So, Leonardo is this gay man born out of wedlock who is the greatest painter of all time in some people’s minds.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 23 June 2024
• The debate of when life begins swirled through my head, and the veil of a child out of wedlock at the prime of my career seemed unbearable.
  — Essence, 27 June 2022
• That case, which alleged that Mr. Khan hid the existence of a child born out of wedlock, has been dismissed.
  — Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
• None of my brothers has mentioned having a son out of wedlock.
  — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
• These plans were dropped after it was learned that Miss Colvin was expecting a child out of wedlock.
  — Jenn M. Jackson, Teen Vogue, 26 Mar. 2018
• The first came from a doorman at a Trump building who had heard a false rumor that Mr. Trump had fathered a child out of wedlock.
  — William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 30 May 2024
• Maria, meanwhile, also had a secret — a child born out of wedlock.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
• What’s more, the number of single mothers is way up as a result of divorce and out-of-wedlock births.
  — Ana Veciana-Suarez, miamiherald, 9 May 2017
• As a schoolgirl, Sae-ri, the narrator, was seduced by a teacher and gave birth to a son, Min-soo, out of wedlock.
  — Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
• However, the plan backfires when a child is conceived out of wedlock.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 1 Sep. 2021
• Putin is rumored to have more children out of wedlock, all of who appear to have lived in Western countries.
  — CNN, 12 Apr. 2022
• The biographer told The Post that some Britons may disapprove of having a child out-of-wedlock.
  — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
• When Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote his report, around a quarter of black children were born out of wedlock.
  — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
• Having an out-of-wedlock child was simply not an option.
  — Elissa Schappell, Vanities, 18 Oct. 2017
• Some of the children came from rich families, who in many cases gave up babies born out of wedlock.
  — Rafael Romo, CNN, 9 Sep. 2023
• That includes a payment made to a Trump Tower doorman who alleged Trump had a child born out of wedlock.
  — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
• This was a time when out-of-wedlock births brought extreme shame on everyone involved.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2019
• In some cultures, having a baby out of wedlock was once the ultimate taboo.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2021
• Family life: Marriages are down; out-of-wedlock births are up.
  — Robert Samuelson, Twin Cities, 11 June 2017
• The Arkansas girl is the child of Biden's controversial son, Hunter Biden, who fathered her out of wedlock.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
• But their plan soon backfires, when an heir is conceived out of wedlock and the royal family has to seek refuge in the castle of Rosenbad.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Aug. 2021
• The third book follows the love story between Benedict and Sophie Beckett, a daughter born out of wedlock to an earl.
  — Charlotte Walsh, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
• Garvey fathered two children out of wedlock in 1989, and married a third woman that year.
  — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 23 Apr. 2024
• Like Chamberlin, the new Mrs. Huntington also had a son born out of wedlock.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024