Example Sentences

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Given that you are recently out of a controlling or abusive relationship, it seems too soon for you to be in another serious relationship, especially if you and your boyfriend are cohabiting.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022

Breaking with centuries, if not millennia, of Catholic theory, Pope Francis has tried to encourage Catholic priests to give communion to some divorced and remarried couples, or to families where unmarried parents are cohabiting.

From The Guardian • Oct. 27, 2017

I feel that couples should be invited as a unit, especially if they are cohabiting.

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2015

There are very good reasons why people are cohabiting, but they're not ideological - those people aren't against marriage.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2011

In the aftermath of the football strike, pickets, defectors and replacements are cohabiting fairly well.

From Time Magazine Archive