Sentence examples for eligible suitor from inspiring English sources

He is now an eligible suitor, acceptable to Anne's snobbish father and his circle, and Anne discovers the continuing strength of her love for him.

With his wife conveniently out of the way, Dudley would be free to marry the 27-year-old Virgin Queen, who had turned down every eligible suitor in Europe.

Now Wentworth returns from the Napoleonic Wars with prize money and the social acceptability of naval rank; he is an eligible suitor acceptable to Anne's snobbish father and his circle, and Anne discovers the continuing strength of her love for him.

So theoretically, if I wanted to go to Thailand for a week, I could create my dream vacation, post the details to the site with the "Take Me Along" tag, and wait for an eligible suitor to sweep me off my feet and finance the entire trip.

By 28, she had rejected two eligible suitors and lost none of her resolve.

But eligible suitors will inquire, and the Mets will at least listen.

Julia was a confident, respected professional, an attractive widow with a young son and many eligible suitors.

Eligible suitors for even the most prestigious posts are hard to find, as New York's heartbreaking dalliance with Claudio Abbado this season showed.

She gives it her all in Thomas Vinterberg's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel, as a fiercely independent woman torn between three eligible suitors.

The authors, Ms. Izzo and Ceri Marsh, claim that "the well-mannered get invited to more dinner parties," see their career aspirations blossom and, as important, attract a "wide array of eligible suitors".

For the seven readers who haven't heard of it or its 26-year-old wunderkind creator, Lena Dunham, "Girls" is a dark and deadpan comedy about four young women in Brooklyn who don't own cool apartments or have glamorous careers, eligible suitors, expensive clothes or even, sometimes, paying jobs.