Sentence examples for a dowry from inspiring English sources

Who wants a gold bar as a dowry?

Her brothers forced him to pay a dowry.

What can be more easy money than a dowry?

In Kenya, a dowry is paid by the groom's family.

He was gracious with them, and paid the bill as if handing over a dowry.

A dowry sometimes serves to help a new husband discharge the responsibilities that go with marriage.

A girl's parents need to pay a dowry to get her married.

The heroine had to be calculating to compensate for her lack of a dowry.

Some of his money paid for cows for a dowry or for a funeral.

She was worried he would marry off the girls for a dowry.

Marriage, however, requires a dowry – cash and jewellery for the in-laws.