betroth

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Recent Examples of betroth Immediately, fans flooded the comments on her post asking if she's betrothed. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024 Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco will undoubtedly host one of the celebrity weddings of the decade after recently becoming betrothed. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024 Short of an official announcement, there's really no reason to believe that Zendaya and Holland, who've been together for years and play love interests in the Spider-Man movies, aren't betrothed. Marci Robin, Allure, 6 Jan. 2025 The film is a fairy tale that follows a young princess named Buttercup (Robin Wright) who suddenly gets betrothed to a vile prince despite already finding her one true love, Westley (Cary Elwes). Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for betroth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for betroth
Verb
  • Schoemann proposes evaluating the voter roll purging process, hand-counting ballots, and ensuring equitable voting access.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 26 July 2025
  • In response to strong domestic and international criticism, President Zelenskyy is set to propose a bill that will decrease Russian influence while maintaining the anti-corruption agencies’ independence.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
Verb
  • The South by Southwest Conference and Festival is often populated with splashy activations from companies promising groundbreaking tech in the near future.
    Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • The United States cannot promise immunity with one hand in Florida and prosecute with the other in New York.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2025
Verb
  • The 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
Verb
  • Superintendent Matias Segura has pledged to wait until all other options are exhausted to make cuts that would directly affect campus staff.
    Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • Kering has pledged to cap spending, close stores and streamline operations in a bid to gradually return to profitability in the second half.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 29 July 2025
Verb
  • Berkowitz committed eight shooting attacks between July 1976 and his capture in August 1977.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Don’t point to things with chopsticks or commit the double-dipping sin of taking food from a common plate with chopsticks that have been in your mouth.
    Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Lerman proposed in November 2023 Corrigan announced that she and Lerman were engaged on Nov. 21, 2023, on Instagram.
    Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 26 July 2025
  • Third-party cybersecurity experts have been engaged, and the company asserted all systems and affected data have now been secured.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
Verb
  • Another Dallas pair got married, but, like a bad breakup text, later announced their separation.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 31 July 2025
  • Diggs and Menzel, who were married from 2003 to 2014, costarred in the original 1996 Broadway production of Rent, for which Menzel received a Tony nomination.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 July 2025

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“Betroth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betroth. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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