marry
verb (used with object)
to take in marriage.
had married
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past perfectof marry.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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When the expedition departed, Coronado left behind his 16-year-old wife, Beatríz, whom he had married when she was 12, along with their two small children and a governorship on the frontier of New Spain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Unknown to him, David had married Belle, and died several years earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026
She had married an Islamic State fighter soon after arriving and went on to have three children, none of whom survived.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026
In your efforts to make this marriage work and turn him into the man you wish you had married, you risk becoming sucked into the black hole of inertia.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
My Aunt Libby had married an Italian, and Teresa was my aunt's sister-in-law and our family doctor.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
