Sentence examples for contemplating marriage from inspiring English sources

"Romantic love exists to get people into and out of marriage," says Swidler. "If you are truly not contemplating marriage, you can dispense with the idea.

(The advice was proffered, originally, to anyone contemplating marriage. In the cartoon supplement, a duck holds forth on the either/or of putting croutons in your salad).

And they face huge developmental challenges — entering society, joining the work force, contemplating marriage and starting a family — which can be overwhelming even without the burden of disease.

"Zhenitba" ("The Marriage") is an endearing 1868 comedy with music and libretto by Mussorgsky, based on a Gogol short story about a rumpled, well-off bachelor contemplating marriage.

"She responds to news that John's sister, Katharine, is engaged by saying that she should have had more love affairs before contemplating marriage..

Rather, he said, the money will be aimed at programs to assist couples already contemplating marriage to learn skills that will help them stay together, or provide counseling and education for married couples who are having trouble sorting through conflicts.

Why, even some court observers now ask, should the couple not one day contemplate marriage?

Following this de facto honeymoon, during which they briefly contemplate marriage, Sara returns to New York.

They had at one time contemplated marriage but then had a quarrel & he married someone else.

Moreover, if a man contemplates marriage and starts paying lobola -- the bride price, calculated in cows but often paid in cash -- he believes that he owns the woman.

8 P.M. (ABC Family) THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER Ricky (Daren Kagasoff) and Amy (Shailene Woodley) contemplate marriage after the announcement by Anne Molly Ringwaldd) that she's gay and the return of Ashley (India Eisley).