Examples of wedlock in a Sentence
joined the happy couple in holy wedlock
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The vehement characters DiCaprio and Taylor inhabit end up having a daughter out of wedlock during a time where their society is on the brink of anarchy.
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Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
Births out of wedlock in Korea, which has the lowest TFR in the world, are frowned upon.
—Daniel Moss, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2025
My knee baby, Ivy, was twenty and studying music over at Ole Miss, and Manny was going into his senior year, set to be salutatorian—all with no children out of wedlock, thank you, Jesus.
—Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Marriages are a strong predictor of births in China, where few children are born out of wedlock—prompting concern over the long-term economic impacts as the birth rate trends downward.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
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Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
Births out of wedlock in Korea, which has the lowest TFR in the world, are frowned upon.
—Daniel Moss, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2025
My knee baby, Ivy, was twenty and studying music over at Ole Miss, and Manny was going into his senior year, set to be salutatorian—all with no children out of wedlock, thank you, Jesus.
—Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Marriages are a strong predictor of births in China, where few children are born out of wedlock—prompting concern over the long-term economic impacts as the birth rate trends downward.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
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“Wedlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wedlock. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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wedlock
noun
wed·lock
ˈwed-ˌläk 
: the state of being married
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