Examples of wedlock in a Sentence
joined the happy couple in holy wedlock
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Greater visibility, including celebrities having children out of wedlock, has also contributed to the shift.
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 20 May 2025
Was the boy born out of wedlock or has Saul simply snapped?
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis in 2012 notably criticized priests who refused to baptize children born out of wedlock.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
Nearly two decades prior, Tome gave birth to a stillborn boy out of wedlock.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2025
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 20 May 2025
Was the boy born out of wedlock or has Saul simply snapped?
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis in 2012 notably criticized priests who refused to baptize children born out of wedlock.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
Nearly two decades prior, Tome gave birth to a stillborn boy out of wedlock.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Wedlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wedlock. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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wedlock
noun
wed·lock
ˈwed-ˌläk 
: the state of being married
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