often attributive
1
: a marriage ceremony usually with its accompanying festivities : nuptials
2
: an act, process, or instance of joining in close association
3
: a wedding anniversary or its celebration
a golden wedding
Examples of wedding in a Sentence
The wedding will be at 2:00 p.m.
the couple chose to have a garden wedding
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Wang’s name is synonymous with wedding gowns, having first started her business in that sector in 1990 in New York.
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In Murder At City Hall, the murder happens at a wedding officiated by Mayor Koch.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Six weeks later, on Christmas night, 1951 — the Moores’s 25th wedding anniversary — a bomb exploded under their bed.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Photographer Kara McCurdy, who has been in Mamdani’s circle since his State Assembly campaign, took their wedding photos.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
In Murder At City Hall, the murder happens at a wedding officiated by Mayor Koch.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Six weeks later, on Christmas night, 1951 — the Moores’s 25th wedding anniversary — a bomb exploded under their bed.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Photographer Kara McCurdy, who has been in Mamdani’s circle since his State Assembly campaign, took their wedding photos.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wedding
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“Wedding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wedding. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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