as in wedded
of or relating to marriage neither of them ever forgot their marital vows, no matter how hard things sometimes got

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Recent Examples of marital 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 Decades later, Tingle recognizes many of their marital issues likely stemmed from him being gay. Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025 Generational conflict makes this tension worse where young people reject traditional marital expectations, but still feel the pressure to tie the knot, according to the study. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for marital
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  • Shortly after spurning his conjugal love tent vehicle, Colby received a call from Pontiac with a proposition.
    EW.com, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The figures include Abigail Abbot Bailey, an eighteenth-century New Englander whose efforts to leave her abusive husband, Asa, were hindered not just by strictures against divorce but also by the prevailing attitudes toward conjugal desire.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
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  • Over the course of his 50 years work as an accountant and business manager, initially in his native London and later in Los Angeles, Brown handled his clients’ touring, accounting, assets, royalties, taxes, music catalogs, matrimonial and real estate business and more.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Before jumping all in, consider grabbing your matrimonial attorney, talent manager, and financial advisory team for a chat.
    Morgan Mouchette, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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  • That the topless king was pictured beside his married lover, Wallis Simpson, only added to the growing scandal.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Routh was married to actress Courtney Ford from 2007 until this year.
    Charles Infosino, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • No word, if Lively and Reynolds are going to Swift’s wedding with repeat Super Bowl champ and Kansas City Chief player Travis Kelce – but then again there is no word when that American royalty nuptial day is happening and who is going besides Swift and Kelce.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The princess bride was escorted down the aisle by her father, the future reigning prince of Liechtenstein, and the nuptial mass music was performed by the St Florin Vaduz Church Choir and Schola St Florin.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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  • The latest installment follows the central friends-to-lovers romance of Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), ending with their connubial bliss and a new Bridgerton baby, the future new Lord Featherington.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 June 2024
  • Over the last five months, Sydney Steinberg and Noah Findling have invited listeners into their connubial bed several times a week to hear about their lives as an entertainment power couple.
    Marc Hershon, Vulture, 26 July 2023

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“Marital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marital. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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