Wedlock is an English word with synonyms like marriage or matrimony. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Wedlock in a sentence
Wedlock meaning
- The state of being married.
- A wife; a married woman.
Using Wedlock
- The main meaning on this page is: The state of being married. | A wife; a married woman.
- Useful related words include: marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship.
- In the example corpus, wedlock often appears in combinations such as: of wedlock, wedlock and, wedlock to.
Context around Wedlock
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wedlock
- In this selection, "wedlock" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, outside, pregnancy and family stand out and add context to how "wedlock" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include out of wedlock and child outside wedlock. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wedlock" sits close to words such as abortive, adel and agonising, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wedlock
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The couple entered into wedlock on Sunday. (7 words)
Then there’s her pregnancy out of wedlock. (8 words)
Not only is he unemployed, but also has a baby out of wedlock on its way. (16 words)
She got pregnant twice before she turned 22 and Derick was the result of the third pregnancy which she refused to terminate yet he had the guts to talk to someone about having a child outside wedlock. (37 words)
Whether sexual abuse, physical abuse, pregnancy out of wedlock, family suicide, an incarcerated family member, alcoholism or drug addiction (yes, pharmaceutical drug addiction was common back to World War I. It existed in my own family. (36 words)
Shakespeare’s strikingly current play speaks about impossible moral choices in the story of the devout novice Isabella, whose faith is tested when her brother is sentenced to death for impregnating Juliet out of wedlock. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The actress gave birth out of wedlock and became topical because according to critics, it is not Ghanaian to make babies out of wedlock.
Davis, now 71, who had a life-long rocky relationship with her mother, asserts that Nancy's out-of-wedlock pregnancy carrying Patti, was the secret reason for her parents' union.
I have two wonderful daughters, both born out of wedlock and both now adults with their own views.
Not only is he unemployed, but also has a baby out of wedlock on its way.
Once you could get away with using terms like “out of wedlock” and pretend that children born outside marriage didn’t exist or were somehow shameful.
She got pregnant twice before she turned 22 and Derick was the result of the third pregnancy which she refused to terminate yet he had the guts to talk to someone about having a child outside wedlock.
The commissioner added that the state government will soon promulgate a law that will ensure pre-marital screening before wedlock.
The couple's fight resulted in a landmark ruling on custody of children born out of wedlock.
Then there’s her pregnancy out of wedlock.
Whether sexual abuse, physical abuse, pregnancy out of wedlock, family suicide, an incarcerated family member, alcoholism or drug addiction (yes, pharmaceutical drug addiction was common back to World War I. It existed in my own family.
Maybe someone should explain to the players that if they want to truly help their race, they need to stop having children out of wedlock.
Peter Bing claimed he did not intend the word to include children born out of wedlock and who were not raised by the Bing family.
Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh): Parents of a 20-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh axed her to death after they found her pregnant out of wedlock.
Shakespeare’s strikingly current play speaks about impossible moral choices in the story of the devout novice Isabella, whose faith is tested when her brother is sentenced to death for impregnating Juliet out of wedlock.
Sisters in Islam had hoped for a decision that would have resolved this matter addressing the core issue of the stigmatisation of Muslim children born out of wedlock.
That is particularly the case in a country like Qatar, where the legal system has its grounding in sharia law and it is illegal to give birth out of wedlock.
The couple entered into wedlock on Sunday.
An isolated retreat in nature where Pastor Seth compares women who’ve kissed out of wedlock to chewed gum, or notes how boys needn’t shepherding because they’re not as easily manipulated.
As a child he bounced around from relative to relative, and because of the stigma of being born out of wedlock he was forced to do all of the arduous chores and labor.
Children born to married same-sex couples, however, are, as a matter of policy, being treated as if they were born out of wedlock.
Common combinations with wedlock
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of wedlock 51×
- wedlock and 11×
- wedlock to 4×
- in wedlock 4×
- into wedlock 3×
- wedlock on 2×
- outside wedlock 2×
- wedlock she 2×
- wedlock but 2×
- wedlock the 2×