How to Use wedlock in a Sentence

wedlock

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  • Born in 518, Kentigern was the out-of-wedlock son of a king’s daughter.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2020
  • Why would Charley Pride want to father a child out of wedlock?
    — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 9 June 2021
  • Fewer than one in 10 kids were born out of wedlock; now it’s four in 10.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 13 July 2017
  • Mbeki fathered Mpahlwa at the age of 16, out of wedlock.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 6 June 2021
  • Most babies born in England and Wales in 2021 were born out of wedlock, for the first time since records began.
    — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 16 Aug. 2022
  • In the early 1980s, a woman in England had a baby out of wedlock.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 June 2021
  • The debate of when life begins swirled through my head, and the veil of a child out of wedlock at the prime of my career seemed unbearable.
    — Essence, 27 June 2022
  • None of my brothers has mentioned having a son out of wedlock.
    — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
  • These plans were dropped after it was learned that Miss Colvin was expecting a child out of wedlock.
    — Jenn M. Jackson, Teen Vogue, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Maria, meanwhile, also had a secret — a child born out of wedlock.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • What’s more, the number of single mothers is way up as a result of divorce and out-of-wedlock births.
    — Ana Veciana-Suarez, miamiherald, 9 May 2017
  • As a schoolgirl, Sae-ri, the narrator, was seduced by a teacher and gave birth to a son, Min-soo, out of wedlock.
    — Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
  • However, the plan backfires when a child is conceived out of wedlock.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Putin is rumored to have more children out of wedlock, all of who appear to have lived in Western countries.
    — CNN, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The biographer told The Post that some Britons may disapprove of having a child out-of-wedlock.
    — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
  • When Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote his report, around a quarter of black children were born out of wedlock.
    — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Having an out-of-wedlock child was simply not an option.
    — Elissa Schappell, Vanities, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Some of the children came from rich families, who in many cases gave up babies born out of wedlock.
    — Rafael Romo, CNN, 9 Sep. 2023
  • That includes a payment made to a Trump Tower doorman who alleged Trump had a child born out of wedlock.
    — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • This was a time when out-of-wedlock births brought extreme shame on everyone involved.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2019
  • In some cultures, having a baby out of wedlock was once the ultimate taboo.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Family life: Marriages are down; out-of-wedlock births are up.
    — Robert Samuelson, Twin Cities, 11 June 2017
  • The Arkansas girl is the child of Biden's controversial son, Hunter Biden, who fathered her out of wedlock.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
  • But their plan soon backfires, when an heir is conceived out of wedlock and the royal family has to seek refuge in the castle of Rosenbad.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The third book follows the love story between Benedict and Sophie Beckett, a daughter born out of wedlock to an earl.
    — Charlotte Walsh, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
  • Garvey fathered two children out of wedlock in 1989, and married a third woman that year.
    — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Like Chamberlin, the new Mrs. Huntington also had a son born out of wedlock.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2022
  • One woman in her 60s replied to it, saying that her own first child had been born out of wedlock, and was taken from her for adoption, which had broken her heart.
    — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The couple welcomed their son, David, while living in the Catskills, and lived intentionally reclusive lives as the child was born out of wedlock.
    — Curbed, 30 Sep. 2022
  • That changes when Melissa heads out into the hills to see a pregnant young woman Doc Lopez won’t treat because the baby was conceived out of wedlock.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021

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