inlaw
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of inlaw
before 1000; Middle English inlawen, Old English inlagian. See in- 1, law 1
Example Sentences
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Unlike the audience, she is consumed with curiosity and foreboding about her missing inlaw.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though Sheldon wants nothing to do with his inlaw, he soon becomes his unwitting accomplice.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
I may not go against the word of the Moot, and inlaw you again by giving you a place.
From A Thane of Wessex by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
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