inlaw
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- inlawry noun
Etymology
Origin of inlaw
before 1000; Middle English inlawen, Old English inlagian. See in- 1, law 1
Example Sentences
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Many a cousin, many an inlaw, would write indignantly to Owner Stephen when the Press, and later the News, failed to be brown and trim.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unlike the audience, she is consumed with curiosity and foreboding about her missing inlaw.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inspired by the example of his prominent inlaw, Tucker, who was then a fur coat-lining salesman and cantor, began studying with Wagnerian Tenor Paul Althouse.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Maharaja of Kapurthala's daughter inlaw, Princess Brinda, preparing to return home, looked back on the winter in Manhattan, submitted a visitor's impression to a New York Post reporter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fogh, sweet Captain Father inlaw, a rare perfume, ifaith.
From The Puritaine Widdow by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
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