marry
verb (used with object)
to take in marriage.
were marrying
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past progressiveof marry.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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A pair of twin brothers - Taiwo and Kehinde Oguntoye - were marrying twin sisters Taiwo and Kehinde Adediran in a joyous joint ceremony.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
The median age at which women were marrying was trending upward; women’s labor force participation increased; and the “girl power” movement, popularized by the Spice Girls, was taking off.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
When her mom gets the invitation to the wedding, she's excited in a way that few parents would be if their 18-year-old were marrying a centenarian.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2022
Behind our parents’ enthusiasm, we couldn’t help but detect an element of incredulity, albeit happy incredulity, that their daughters were marrying each other.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 12, 2016
Even as the Brazilian government was wiping out the Botocudos, some Brazilian men of European descent were marrying Botocudo women.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
