marry into
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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"I don't want to marry into another family just because of a child".
From BBC ● Jul. 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
As the nation shed the shackles of its wartime history, Michiko became the first commoner in centuries to marry into the family.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2021
But it is a relatively new phenomenon for their spouses — particularly the wives of country stars — to marry into fame and then leverage their status into an influential and lucrative online platform.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2021
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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