Example Sentences

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Despite the recurring engagement rumors, Charles departed unbetrothed for a four-month stint with the Royal Navy in the Far East, leaving Jane behind at her job with a London art gallery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of all the unbetrothed girls she knew not one but would have felt flattered had Kirkwood thus distinguished her.

From The Nether World by Gissing, George

All were entertained; but the princess remained unbetrothed.

From Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy by Major, Charles

I am still your maiden sister, unmarried, unbetrothed: your own loving old Marion, in whose affection you exist alone and have no partner, Grace!'

From The Battle of Life by Dickens, Charles

Elizabeth was more than once betrothed in her childhood to aid her father's policy, but when Henry died, in 1547, his younger daughter was unbetrothed.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters by Mee, Arthur