unhappy marriage

collocation in English

meaningsofunhappyandmarriage

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unhappy
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈhæp.i/us
/ʌnˈhæp.i/
sad or ...
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marriage
noun
uk
/ˈmær.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈmer.ɪdʒ/
a legally accepted relationship between two people in which they live together, or the official ceremony that results ...
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(Definition ofunhappyandmarriagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It reveals that her ownunhappymarriagehas partly destroyed her.
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Is anyunhappymarriageworse?
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While she could now legally remarry, she is reluctant to risk becoming trapped in anotherunhappymarriage.
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Of course, anunhappymarriagemeans service and duty.
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They had anunhappymarriage.
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For example, there was a case in which a woman left anunhappymarriage.
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By so doing he rendered many anunhappymarriagea happy one.
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Is there any greater cause of unhappiness than self-madeunhappymarriage?
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But is it not better to have a happy divorce than to have anunhappymarriage?
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A person should not be trapped for ever in a spiteful, violent or desperatelyunhappymarriage.
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It was a short andunhappymarriage.
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The conflict creates even more strain within theunhappymarriage.
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The newly married couple were to have anunhappymarriage.
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It was anunhappymarriagefor both parties.
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These thoughts are due to her sister'sunhappymarriage.
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It should be borne in mind that everyunhappymarriagebreakdown is a tragedy with its own circumstances.
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Thus, it is often the husband who has to pay maintenance at the end of anunhappymarriage.
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For example, a woman left anunhappymarriageand her husband tried to get their child put into an orphanage.
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I can see a party to anunhappymarriagecommitting cruelty because he or she believes that divorce will follow.
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Parents believed that they were doing the right thing and helping their children by separating and ending anunhappymarriage.
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Like an over-long engagement, it is sometimes better broken off than continued into an unsuccessful andunhappymarriage.
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Certain considerations are not helpful when decisions must be made about the dissolution of anunhappymarriage.
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Therefore, people in that position should be safeguarded and have the opportunity to get out of that desperatelyunhappymarriage.
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It will remove the grievous hardship imposed by the ill-assorted andunhappymarriage, extending throughout the very lifetime of an injured or aggrieved partner.
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It is much more acceptable to have a displaced vertebra than to admit to a chronicallyunhappymarriageor a childhood deprived of affection.
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