Example Sentences

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My wedding was called off when I learned my would-be husband had impregnated two different women.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2020

Bond, a microbiologist, went a little overboard after learning that her husband had impregnated her closest friend, Myrlinda Haynes.

From Forbes • Jun. 2, 2014

Two years ago he asked for a divorce, and I subsequently discovered he had impregnated and wanted to marry another woman.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2013

In one case, Shapiro told the website, he even paid for an abortion for a woman one of his players had impregnated.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2011

When we returned I went to the wooden box to inspect our afternoon's work, and as I did so I inhaled the balsamic odor that had impregnated everything belonging to our theatre.

From The Story of a Child by Smith, Caroline F.