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

She had married Karnofsky, who was on the OpenAI board, the prior year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Unknown to him, David had married Belle, and died several years earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 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

“Denzo, I thought you told me that the dragon queen had married some Ghiscari.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin