marry into
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Mette-Marit was not the first commoner to marry into the Norwegian royal family - the late King Harald had already broken with tradition by marrying Queen Sonja three decades earlier.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Like most royal families, pearlies typically inherit their titles or marry into the tradition.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2023
This is a big step to make, to marry into that family and were it to go wrong, which it did, very disruptive for everything.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2022
“She’s sympathetic towards her subjects,” Tressler says, “even if they were bad at the job or were unlucky enough to marry into it.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2022
Looking at them, he translated their faces into a strength he had once hoped somehow to marry into.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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