Example Sentences

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For years now, younger people have been marrying later and choosing to start families later or not at all.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2021

Fey’s ultimate twofer win must have been marrying director and composer Jeff Richmond.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2019

Same-sex couples in Kansas have been marrying in some but not all of the state’s 105 counties since late last week.

From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2014

As a result, same-sex couples have been marrying in their thousands in Canada - with many coming from the United States or overseas.

From Reuters • Jan. 12, 2012

For thousands of years people have been marrying, repenting of it, and considering it madness to have done so, but they never get over the madness, and marriage is as fashionable as ever.

From St. Peter's Umbrella by Mikszáth, Kálmán