Examples of wedlock in a Sentence
joined the happy couple in holy wedlock
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An increase in marriages is a strong indicator of a forthcoming rise in births, as childbirth outside of wedlock is uncommon in South Korea.
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
The American-French stepdaughter of Sylvie born out of wedlock, Geneviève is an NYU grad who moved to Paris in Season 4 and got hired at Agence Grateau where Emily gracefully took her under her wing.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 25 June 2025
The facility adjoined a maternity hospital where Catholic women pregnant out of wedlock would deliver babies.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
Rules about Greenlandic children born out of wedlock strongly penalized children with unmarried parents.
—Morten Høi Jensen, The Dial, 19 June 2025
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
The American-French stepdaughter of Sylvie born out of wedlock, Geneviève is an NYU grad who moved to Paris in Season 4 and got hired at Agence Grateau where Emily gracefully took her under her wing.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 25 June 2025
The facility adjoined a maternity hospital where Catholic women pregnant out of wedlock would deliver babies.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
Rules about Greenlandic children born out of wedlock strongly penalized children with unmarried parents.
—Morten Høi Jensen, The Dial, 19 June 2025
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“Wedlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wedlock. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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wedlock
noun
wed·lock
ˈwed-ˌläk 
: the state of being married
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