In confidence let me tell you that the last three elopements which I tried to stop were all successfully carried through, and I hear that the parties have lived very happily together ever since.
That elopements occurred and that they were more frequent in the case of a beautiful and useful woman is beyond doubt.
It is well to notice that the majority of our informants when speaking of elopements never observe the point whether the woman was already married or not.
In the romantic elopements whose technique he began to study with new interest, money was never a difficulty, but the god in the machine of George Chappie's elopement must put money in his purse, or there could be no elopement.
Sometimes a girl runs away with her lover, but the objection to this is that elopements are not considered respectable.
In the chapter on Australia I commented on Westermarck's topsy-turvy disposition to look upon elopements as indications of the liberty of choice.
The Nez Percés so bitterly resent elopements that they consider the bride in such a case as a prostitute and her parents may seize upon the man's property.
Obviously, Australian elopement not only gives no indication of romantic feelings, but even as an incident it is apt to be prosaic or cruel rather than romantic, as our elopements are.
Elopements also occur in cases where parental consent is withheld.
With the Savaras, Boad Kandhs, Hos, and Kaupuis, the prevalence of elopements shows that the girls are not allowed their own choice.
The highest market price paid for awful railrode smashes, and elopements with another man's wife.
The subject of elopementshad seemed promising, but it led to nothing.
The charm of elopementspassed with the post-chaise.
Passion in a Pantechnicon orElopements economically conducted.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "elopements" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
