white wedding
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of white wedding
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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At the ceremony, Roh wore a simple white wedding dress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Yulia Myroshnychenko had come in a white wedding dress, just like her girlfriend Yevgenia Skobielieva.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
At another point, Harley, wearing a white wedding dress and veil, dances down an aisle to a chapel, where Joker is waiting in a white suit, apparently accompanied by backing singers as bridesmaids.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2024
She and about 20 other women traveled to Sacramento this summer, wearing white wedding dresses outside the state Capitol.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
The ladies had cleaned the house, aired everything out, notified everybody, and stitched together what looked like a white wedding dress for Aunt Jimmy, a maiden lady, to wear when she met Jesus.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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