failed marriage
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffailedandmarriage
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failed
adjective[before noun]
uk/feɪld/us/feɪld/
having ...
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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 offailedandmarriagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffailed marriage
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I believe fault to be a very clumsy instrument with which to dissect afailedmarriage.
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She also went through afailedmarriage.
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Chroniclers again attribute this attack to afailedmarriagealliance.
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The two works differ significantly after thefailedmarriageproposal.
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He has experienced emotional cruelty in hisfailedmarriage.
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Marco has partial custody of his daughter from afailedmarriage.
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He had a firstfailedmarriagewith a rich woman and came from modest background.
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The song also drops hints of a possiblyfailedmarriagein the refrain.
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Thisfailedmarriagewas one of the three big traumas that affected his whole life.
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Her sister's husband apologizes to her, for being the reason for herfailedmarriageproposal.
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Paige, the oldest, is a divorce attorney reeling from her ownfailedmarriage.
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He does this to get over hisfailedmarriageand move on with his life.
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As a result of seeing her sister'sfailedmarriage, she decided to pursue a career, rather than get married.
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She also began writing a second novel, but afailedmarriageand mental illness hindered its completion.
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The song's lyrics a couple buying a two-story house are a metaphor for afailedmarriage.
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After thefailedmarriage, she lived a life of seclusion and remained unmarried and died without issue.
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The book has a comic tone and addresses the author's thoughts and feelings during eachfailedmarriageproposal that she has received.
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The film somewhat focuses on the comparatively ethical business practices of the wicked gangster and the womanizing andfailedmarriageof the do-gooder police detective.
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This includes his capitalist successes and his acquisition of his fortune, as well as hisfailedmarriagethat his wealth could not control.
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He is trying, but failing, to forget what lies at his feetafailedmarriage, being a deadbeat father, and his lack of commercial success as a singer in a band.
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