wed
verb (used with object)
to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
was wedding
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past progressiveof wed.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Vilkomerson’s specialty was wedding R.S.V.P.s, while Sicha handled intra-family disputes.
From The New Yorker ● May 1, 2015
By the singular chance, or law, which links great authors closely in time, giving us novelists in pairs, Miss Austen was "drawing from nature" at the very moment when Scott was wedding nature with romance.
From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Sir Walter Scott
Franklin, therefore, hardly knew what he was wedding, a maid, a widow, or another man's wife.
From Benjamin Franklin by John T. (John Torrey) Morse
Cris looked on delightedly, proud of his comrade and protégé, with the beautiful bride he had won and was wedding.
From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Mayne Reid
To hear Dick Woodville chaffer about the blazoning of his horse-gear when he was wedding the fourscore-year-old Duchess of Norfolk, one would have thought he was an emperor at the very least.'
From The Herd Boy and His Hermit by Charlotte Mary Yonge
