How do you use the word "marriage" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "marriage" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "marriage": These days, the motives for marriage are not necessarily pure. These days, the motive for marriage is not necessarily pure.

Marriage Meaning

/ˈmæɹɪd͡ʒ/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe state of being married.

nounA union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities.

Sentence Examples

These days, the motives for marriage are not necessarily pure.

These days, the motive for marriage is not necessarily pure.

Respect and friendship provide a solid foundation for marriage.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

union

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

After years of dating, they decided to enter into a lifelong ____ together.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The couple celebrated their fiftieth year of ____ with a large party for all their family and friends.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English mariage, from Old French mariage, from marier (“to marry”), from Latin marītō (“marry”, verb, literally “give in marriage”), from marītus (“lover”, “nuptial”), from mas (“male, masculine, of the male sex”). Equivalent to marry + -age. Doublet of maritage. Displaced native Old English sinsċipe.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"In an open marriage, the partners are free to have extramarital relationships or sex without betraying one another. Such a marriage is based on communication, trust, and respect, […]" — 2009, Charles Zastrow, Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare: Empowering People, →ISBN, page 30:

"Now can we eat? Marriages are arranged for whatever purpose is suitable. All this talk of undying love and childbearing squirms in my stomach like a worm that demands feeding." — 2013, David Gilman, Master of War

""I have a patient right now whose marriage proved to be a tragedy. She wanted love, sexual gratification, children, and social prestige; but life blasted all her hopes. Her husband didn't love her. He refused even to eat with her, and forced her to serve his meals in his room upstairs. She had no children, no social standing. She went insane; and, in her imagination, she divorced her husband and resumed her maiden name. She now believes she has married into the English aristocracy, and she insists on being called Lady Smith." — 1936, Dale Carnegie, “Part 1, Chapter 2. THE BIG SECRET OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE”, in How to Win Friends and Influence People, page 42:

"And this marriage of poetry and history remained a solid relationship throughout the classical period." — 2000, Edmund E. Jacobitti, “The Classical Heritage in Machiavelli's Histories”, in Vickie B. Sullivan, editor, The comedy and tragedy of Machiavelli: essays on the literary works, page 181:

"Above all, we will no longer have to feel qualms about the marriage of art and money. We will no longer have to wonder if it is possible to separate the esthetic value of an art work from its commercial value." — 2003, Paul Mattick, Art in its time: theories and practices of modern aesthetics, page 105:

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