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Recent Examples of affianceThe two got engaged in 2014 and have remained affianced since.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
Peoplemag,
5 May 2023 Alexandra Crotin, a rep for Stone, later confirmed to USA TODAY the actress and writer are now affianced.—
Charles Trepany,
USA TODAY,
5 Dec. 2019 Agreeing to be honored in a good friend’s wedding does not mean signing up to pay for expensive group vacations — no matter what the magazines and affianced tell you.—
Judith Martin,
Washington Post,
12 Oct. 2019 Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson became the subject of engagement rumors Monday afternoon with outlets reporting that they were recently affianced.—
Nardine Saad,
latimes.com,
11 June 2018 The newly affianced, reluctant to trouble one another with family problems, may rent substitutes for parents who are divorced, incarcerated, or mentally ill.—
Kathryn Schulz,
The New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2018 If this woman decides to yell at you for becoming affianced, that’s a real opportunity for her fiancé to lovingly encourage her to amend her bad behavior.—
Mallory Ortberg,
Slate Magazine,
12 June 2017
The trailer also promises to touch on how then-contemporary thoughts of women as too innocent to murder helped Lizzie get acquitted, and teases the incorporation of other stories of female killers throughout history.
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Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
20 Aug. 2026
The fabric makeup of rayon, polyester, and spandex also promises four-way stretch for easy movement, too.
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Carly Totten,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Aug. 2026
In 1891, Mary, then 24, was betrothed to her second cousin once removed, Prince Albert, eldest son of the then Prince of Wales (future King Edward VII).
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Natasha Leake,
Vanity Fair,
2 June 2026
And Agnes is betrothed to the formidable Commander Weston, who runs the Eyes and has a secret history of domestic violence.
For developers, the benefit is the ability to compare infrastructure tradeoffs before committing to construction.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Aug. 2026
The Missouri Supreme Court overturned the verdict a year later, however, citing errors by the judge and concluding that the prosecution never proved a murder had even been committed.
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Dan Kelly
August 22,
Kansas City Star,
22 Aug. 2026