Sentence examples for a small dowry from inspiring English sources
One less mouth to feed, and perhaps a small dowry in return.
Our house, our flock: they'd make a small dowry, and now they're mine to dispose of.
Ananiah's wedding contract provided a small dowry from Tamut, including a wool garment worth seven shekels, a mirror, a pair of sandals and six handfuls of castor oil.
At the time of her marriage, a small dowry of $150 was given to Fahima's father for his daughter's hand.
According to government statistics, husbands and in-laws angry over small dowry payments killed nearly 7,000 women in 2001.
Yet the entrenched and illegal dowry system – where a bride's family pays significant sums to the groom – encourages the marriage of adolescent girls, because younger brides typically require smaller dowries.
In Renaissance Italy, aristocratic families kept their fortunes intact by marrying off one daughter and depositing the others in convents, which settled for smaller dowries.
Who wants a gold bar as a dowry?
Your family gave my family a dowry. in a pillowcase close to my ear.
Some of his money paid for cows for a dowry or for a funeral.
As a dowry, he received a 400-acre (1.6-km2) plantation in Albemarle County dubbed "The Glebe".
