Sentence examples for * the betrothal from inspiring English sources

He portrayed himself in 1493, just betrothed, holding sea holly (the betrothal flower) and with fashionable slashed sleeves; he painted himself, most famously, in 1500, gazing full-face at the viewer from a nimbus of long flowing hair (see the first illustration of this piece).

The entire court turned out for the betrothal ceremony.

But that fall the betrothal was broken off.

The future bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bollmeyer, have announced the betrothal.

In the betrothal scene the intensity of his pirouettes and the sharpness with which he opens jumps are electrifying.

The goddess Cybèle loves Atys too, and chooses him as her sacrificer, an office he abuses to break off the betrothal of Sangaride and Célénus.

Host Chris Harrison couldn't resist a tiny dig at the previous betrothal betrayal, saying, "I hope this engagement lasts a longer time".

"The shrewd reader will regard the final betrothal of Emma and Mr Knightley as inevitable," Mullan writes.

James Packer and Mariah Carey are reportedly engaged, marking the second betrothal of a member of an Australian media dynasty this month.

That is not to be confused with the N.B.A. betrothal that Kim Kardashian had to Nets forward Kris Humphries, a union that seemed to expire faster than the 24-second shot clock.

It did not help the turbulent betrothal that a topless model somehow ended up with photographs of what she said was a pantsless Cole on her cellphone, then naughtily reciprocated.