“It was then that I wrote to Don's mother to tell her about our recent marriage in Las Vegas.”

“Tomorrow is the day that your parents will celebrate their 50 years of marriage.”

“His unique marriage of African music and Christian gospel has prompted legendary artists, like Paul Simon, to record with the group.”

“Many thousands of couples were joined in matrimony during communal ceremonies.”

“But the fact is, these plans do equate gay liaisons with the honourable estate of matrimony.”

“The cord symbolises the love and friendship, that binds the couple, the figure eight shape represents the infinite nature of matrimony.”

“Intellectual pursuits were considered as threatening a girl's femininity and potential marriageability.”

“They kept it quiet because they thought it could affect the marriageability of other women in the family.”

“Circumcision is a way of protecting propriety, morality, and marriageability.”

“A woman may have every quality or attribute of marriageableness who menstruates irregularly, or rarely, or even who has never menstruated at all.”

“Five young Asians told us how they are adopting the tradition of arranged marriages to suit their modern needs.”

“It has come out of the real situation that I see around me, where marriages are failing.”

“In our puritanical world, where marriages were arranged, romance was off limits.”

“Like Bridget, I tend not to want the relationships that the smug marrieds are in and I like to assume that my smug married friends are miserable.”

“Louise and David are young marrieds who, after losing their first child, are afraid to commit to their new baby.”

“And beware of smug marrieds who make you feel bad and fearful if you're single and in your thirties.”