Sentence examples for a dowry of from inspiring English sources

Weeks after the proposal, a dowry of $5,000 was wired by Bin Laden.

"My husband provided a dowry of around $150, which was a huge amount.

The son, Saidu, paid a dowry of $210 for Maimuna – more cash than Abdullahi has had in his life.

The marriage got off to a disastrous start when Joshua's "façade of a gentleman merchant" suddenly collapsed, leaving Louisa a dowry of debts and disgrace.

– since anyone offered a dowry of this size, especially for a woman who has made her own choice of partner already.

Under her hijab, she is a very pretty young woman, blemished perhaps by her rare smile, which reveals a dowry of a dozen gold teeth.

They became a part of Scotland only in 1468, when they were pawned by Christian I of Norway and Denmark, as part of a dowry for his daughter's marriage to James III of Scotland.

The Scottish Parliament then re-annexed the earldom to the Scottish Crown in 1472, following the failed payment of a dowry for James III's bride, Margaret of Denmark.

Given as part of a dowry to King Charles II in 1662, it became a darling of the Empire.

A ransom treaty of £40,000 sterling (less a dowry remittance of 10,000 marks) was agreed at Durham on 28 March 1424 to which James attached his own seal.

A working woman won't suddenly ask for her P45 when she ties the knot in return for a state dowry of £2.88 a week: it's not as if you can adopt the lifestyle of a lady who lunches when your entire weekly tax break won't even stretch to a Boots meal deal.