take a wife/husband

idiom

old-fashioned
: to get married

Examples of take a wife/husband in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This season, beloved characters Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton, starred by Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton, are in the spotlight after Penelope struggles with her double life as Lady Whistledown and decides to take a husband. Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2024 Noticing a coolness between King Viserys (Paddy Considine) and his daughter, Prince Daemon recognizes his niece as a grown woman, taking a keen interest in her refusal to take a husband. Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2022 Britain's Prince William was about to take a wife, Kate Middleton. Marissa Charles, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2022 The day before, Owen’s father prostrated himself before his son, for the third time in a year, begging him to take a wife. Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 7 June 2021

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