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Example sentences for "betroth"

Lexicographically close words:
betrayeth; betraying; betrays; betre; betreffende; betrothal; betrothals; betrothed; betrothing; betrothment
  1. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah.

  2. You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use the fruit of it.

  3. I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.

  4. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.

  5. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

  6. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

  7. Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

  8. I therefore betroth thy daughter, Pheroras, to the elder of these brethren, the children of Alexander, that thou mayst be obliged to take care of them.

  9. I may not lightly or suddenly betroth myself; I know not that I can do so at all, assuredly not unless my sons were heartily willing.

  10. Christina, "if you would only betroth me, and woo me like an honourable maiden from my home at Ulm!

  11. In the presence of the priest the bride and groom betroth and give themselves in marriage.

  12. Originally the father could betroth his daughter even against her will.

  13. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.

  14. Then Hrut said, "Methinks it were best that Hauskuld and I should name witnesses, and that Hallgerda should betroth herself, if the Lawman thinks that right and lawful.

  15. Then Hallgerda was sent for, and they talked over the business when she was by, and now, as before, they made her betroth herself.

  16. It has pleased me to betroth Brighteyes to Gudruda, and it pleased me not to betroth her to Ospakar, and that is enough for thee.

  17. And when Meir had come to within a couple of steps from him, Saul looked at him sharply from beneath his bushy eyebrows, and said: "I am going to betroth you, and in two months you must be married.

  18. But I shall betroth you to the daughter of Eli Witebski, the great merchant.

  19. I am going to betroth you to Jankiel Kamionker's daughter.

  20. The Hungarians often betroth their children while they are yet in their cradles, as did the Mexicans and Brazilians of the last century.

  21. In some countries it has even been customary to betroth girls conditionally before they were born.

  22. Atung ibúya ang ímung gisabak sa ílang masusu, We will betroth the child you are carrying to their infant.

  23. Then she told her story, "Of late we have daily seen a young man in dazzling white apparel, riding and curveting his horse through the city; if you betroth me to that young prince, I shall enjoy my accustomed health again.

  24. To this they agreed, and the princess said, "If you will betroth me to the man sitting on the top of the mast of the vessel in the harbour, I shall immediately regain my health.

  25. The high-priest obeys it by ordering all the unmarried men of the house of David to bring their rods to the altar, 17 that his rod which should flower, and on which the Spirit of God should sit, should betroth the Virgin.

  26. Betroth your young princess to Montagu's son, the representative of all the Neviles.

  27. I will betroth her to your nephew, my beloved Montagu's son.

  28. If a man betroth a girl to his son, but his son has not known her, and if then he defile her, he shall pay her half a gold mina, and compensate her for all that she brought out of her father's house.

  29. She believed that the King of France, instead of sending the promised proxy, had himself returned to betroth her at the approaching festival, when he would doubtless declare himself publicly.

  30. The Duke of Nevers, who is a Gonzaga, and a cousin of the Marquis of Mantua has come to Italy, as proxy of the French king, to betroth the Signorina.

  31. As soon as the archbishop arrived, the emperor ordered him to betroth his daughter and Tirant, and he did so.

  32. The emperor sent for the archbishop of the city to betroth them immediately.

  33. I say not he shall wed a slave; But by the might of One that made him mine, I will not quit thee for my doomed way Until thou wilt betroth him.

  34. The statement is quite unique in this, that it asserts no right of the family to betroth their daughter.

  35. Amongst the South-west Victorian tribes "parents betroth their children when just able to walk.

  36. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the Lord,” Hos.

  37. And I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving kindness, and in mercies.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "betroth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    contract; engage; plight; troth