Matthew, I've no doubt that people have oft wondered how it was that we never entered into the matrimonial condition of life.
One night she cooked him a couple of ducks, with stuffing of sage and onions, and, of course, everybody knew then that they were contemplating matrimonial prospects.
Mr. Vavasour, you know, is a private inquiry agent as well as a matrimonial agent.
Two lovers whom the priest has blessed this blessed morn and sent them forth, with one of the bride-maids, on the matrimonial tour.
Archie did not like this idea at all, and became more than ever intent on his own matrimonial prospects.
Harry had heard her called a very clever old woman by certain persons in Stratton, and could not but think of her matrimonial successes as her praises were thus sung by her daughter-in-law.
Go to your own country, dear Monsieur Gouache, think no more of us, or of our daughters, marry a woman of your own nation, and you will not be disappointed in your dreams of matrimonial felicity!
He had spoken confidently to Faustina of being married against the will of her father, but when he thought over this alternative he recollected a fact he had almost completely forgotten in considering his matrimonial projects.
Had he only had the conceit to know it, he had returned to London a strong favorite for the season's matrimonial sweepstakes.
But three matrimonial adventures in such rapid succession gave her a reputation for lightness.
It was very damping to his ardor at this particular moment to have Maisie's matrimonial past raked up.
Thus circumstanced, in order to regain the ground he had lost, he determined to seek a matrimonial alliance with one of the most powerful families of the Omawhaws.
He broke many well-ordered matches, and soured much matrimonial bliss, set many friendly families by the ears, and created frequent wars between the different tribes of the Island.
The meeting is skilfully contrived, for the secret and unostentatious conclusion of the matrimonial treaty.
Of course, I do not take my own matrimonial experience into account; the same principle of justice which forbids a man to give evidence in his own favour, humanely excusing him from making any admission which may criminate himself.
A very slight one, according to the creed which governs matrimonial alliances in our enlightened land," returned Bertha, pouting through her sarcasm.
Of course she had been accused a dozen times of matrimonial prospects.
The idea of a wife thus moulded to fit a man's own grooves, and educated to suit matrimonial purposes according to the exact views of the future husband was by no means original with him.
Expensive in his habits and ideas, longing for competence, while he vegetated on half-pay, he was now looking out for a matrimonial speculation.
The best guarantee of happiness in matrimonial life is the equal footing on which a husband and wife will go through the years of their association.
They have the best of young girls in the matrimonial market.
Without love existing in matrimonial life, no rule can be laid down, no advice can be given on the subject.
But all this does not suggest to the mind a happy condition of matrimonial affairs.
When things are prosperous and matrimonial life happy, the Englishwoman makes the best of wives.
Therefore she may forgive, although I do not envy that man's future inmatrimonial life.
It tells some of the most prolific sources of matrimonial difficulties, and how to remedy them; What ladies should do who desire that their husbands should be amiable and kind; What attentions are due to you as a lady.
Quarreling caused by matrimonial differences is the most frequent cause of infelicity, and most of it is caused by an innate irate temper of either husband or wife.
One of the most prolific sources of matrimonial difficulties is the lack of knowledge on the part of wives of the duties of housekeeping.
I shall certainly insist now," she said musingly, as she refolded the letter and tapped her left forefinger with the edge, "upon Hazel entering into a matrimonial alliance with Edward Geringer.
The Turuvalar are distinguished as the Kattukudugirajati, a name derived from a custom among them which authorizes informal temporary matrimonial arrangements.
Only our usual breakfast; we have each of us had our dish of Matrimonial Comfort, this morning!
She had visited the Catskills on a matrimonial speculation, and made a dead set at poor Brandon.
She ceased to be an object to matrimonial adventurers, but to these succeeded a swarm of female legacy-hunters.
A young woman should not marry because the youthful are expected to enter matrimonial bonds at a certain age, nor merely because they have had an offer of marriage.
And Madame Marneffe had unconsciously given weight to the scandal by the care she took of her friend, with matrimonial views, which were, as will be seen, to complete Lisbeth's revenge.
In 1575 the Venetian ambassador wrote, à propos of one of the courtships of Queen Elizabeth: “Princes are wont to avail themselves of matrimonial negotiations in many ways.
Yet it was he who came the nearest to pinning her down to a state of matrimonial stability.
Waterloo was fought and won, and Napoleon overthrown; Princess Charlotte of Wales married and died, his consort went down to her grave, and his sons and daughters contracted matrimonial alliances, yet he lived on.
And I own fairly that nothing has so attached me to Miss Hazeldean, nor so induced my desire for our matrimonial connection, as my belief that she has the heart and the temper to become a kind mother to my little one.
Shortly afterwards he took his leave, and Mrs. Dale hastened to seek her husband in his study, inform him of the success of her matrimonial scheme, and consult him as to the chance of the Squire's acquiescence therein.
I hope you have not been getting into any foolish matrimonial entanglement?
The fact is, I would like to get into a matrimonial entanglement, as you call it, but not into a foolish one.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "matrimonial" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: conjugal; husbandly; married; nuptial; wedded; wifely
