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Inside, guests enjoyed multiple flavors — black-and-white cake with fudge, chocolate cake with fudge and confetti cake with buttercream — along with a gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate truffle layer to accommodate the bride’s dietary needs.—Staff Author, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025 Chief among them, though, is the wedding dress, which must (and no pressure here) serve as both the apex of a bride’s personal style, while simultaneously transforming them into an unrecognizably Botticellian, princess-at-her-peak vision.—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2025 Jessie Buckley stars as the titular bride, with Christian Bale offering the latest take on Frankenstein’s monster.—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 26 Dec. 2025 To reach their wedding ceremony in February, the couple backcountry skied 45 minutes up a mountain above Park City as snow fell; the bride wore brilliant-white snow pants and a matching snow jacket, trimmed in gold.—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bride
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English brȳd; akin to Old High German brūt bride
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of bride was
before the 12th century
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