elopement
noun
an act or instance of running off secretly, especially to be married.
elopements
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pluralof elopement.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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During the elopements, her husband Bill takes photos via drone and shoots video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
Some look like elopements or first-time trips for nervous couples; others look like tearful reunions or contemplative solo journeys.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2021
Local wedding planner and floral designer Kiara Hancock appreciates this shift to elopements and microweddings.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2020
Mary Ellen’s father, Thomas Love Peacock, had been close to the poet Shelley, whose life, writes Johnson, “was a harried one of bailiffs, angry parents, elopements, death, delusion, passion, semi-madness, wife-sharing, and suicides.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2020
The subject of elopements had seemed promising, but it led to nothing.
From The Paliser case by Edgar Saltus
