marital
adjective
mar·i·tal
ˈmer-ə-tᵊl 
ˈma-rə-
1
: of or relating to marriage or the married state
marital vows
2
archaic
: of or relating to a husband and his role in marriage
Examples of marital in a Sentence
They've been having marital problems.
neither of them ever forgot their marital vows, no matter how hard things sometimes got
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But Alina couldn’t seem to get the hang of the marital dynamic.
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Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
In a January 2024 interview with El País, Vergara opened up about the breakdown of her marital relationship with Manganiello, citing the former couple's differing views on having children.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
Cooper, who wrote the script with Arnett and Mark Chappell, based the movie on the life of a British pharmaceutical rep named John Bishop whose marital-separation fling with stand-up was a story Will Arnett had heard about.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Instead, through the course of this play, the artificiality of 19th-century marital courting and the exaggerated heroism of war are gradually stripped away, allowing the characters’ true voices, true callings and true partners to eventually emerge.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
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Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
In a January 2024 interview with El País, Vergara opened up about the breakdown of her marital relationship with Manganiello, citing the former couple's differing views on having children.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
Cooper, who wrote the script with Arnett and Mark Chappell, based the movie on the life of a British pharmaceutical rep named John Bishop whose marital-separation fling with stand-up was a story Will Arnett had heard about.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Instead, through the course of this play, the artificiality of 19th-century marital courting and the exaggerated heroism of war are gradually stripped away, allowing the characters’ true voices, true callings and true partners to eventually emerge.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for marital
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“Marital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marital. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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marital
adjective
mar·i·tal
ˈmar-ət-ᵊl
: of or relating to marriage or the married state
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