How to Use annulment in a Sentence

annulment

noun
  • In a new court filing, Marty has asked the judge to grant a speedy annulment.
    Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • On the career front, both have thrived since their annulment.
    Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2020
  • The annulment of the election result was a rare win for supporters of Odinga, who brought the case to the Supreme Court.
    Joe Sterling, CNN, 4 Sep. 2017
  • The two were married for less than three days in 2004 before an annulment.
    Andrew Dalton and Jeff Turner, USA TODAY, 14 June 2022
  • At the time of the annulment, a court gave Georgulas and Younger joint conservatorship of the twins.
    Catherine Marfin, Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2020
  • But Lula isn’t in the clear yet, as the annulment must be upheld by the Federal Supreme Court.
    Ian Bremmer, Time, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Saran was married twice, the first one ending in divorce and a church annulment.
    Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The man requests an electronic tablet, calls his wife, and asks for an annulment.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The decision could open the door for the annulment of some cases Da Silva is involved in, but not the one that put him behind bars.
    Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019
  • In the weeks since the annulment, top judges have faced a barrage of threats that has prompted them to request round-the-clock police protection.
    Matina Stevis-Gridneff, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Meg, desperate to end this, writes Henry and Catherine, begging them to plead her case for annulment to the pope.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • And according to the book version of that faith, annulments, divorces, and the like were not permitted.
    Joanna Robinson, HWD, 13 Aug. 2017
  • Divorce and annulment are among the life changes the agency will consider.
    Liz Weston, oregonlive, 31 Dec. 2022
  • After a commercial break cliffhanger, Meisha shared the good news that the Catholic church had granted her an annulment.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • After seven years of failing to get an annulment, Henry left the Catholic Church.
    Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2019
  • Grounds for Catholic annulment were much more strict before reforms introduced in the U.S. in 1968.
    New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
  • That’s when Kristy advised Blanchard to get an annulment.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Instead of an annulment, Mr. Kranz agreed to a divorce without making a fraud claim.
    Kirsten Grind, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • Six months later, the couple’s union ended in an annulment.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Eleanor, who still wanted an annulment (or maybe a widowhood), travelled in her own ship with her own retinue.
    Anne Thériault, Longreads, 4 Apr. 2018
  • If this vote moves forward on July 30... then the U.S. position would be that would be a complete annulment of the democratic order in Venezuela.
    Jim Wyss, Patricia Mazzei and Alex Daugherty, miamiherald, 18 July 2017
  • The politician said his camp was working to prevent another annulment in the event of a second victory.
    Fox News, 17 June 2019
  • Griner filed for an annulment only 28 days after they got married, per USA Today.
    Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Newlyweds break up, then meet again as opposing lawyers on an annulment case.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • In its ruling Wednesday, the General Court upheld the annulment.
    Sara Germano, WSJ, 19 June 2019
  • But there are few precedents for the annulment of electoral results in Turkey, a trend most analysts do not expect to be suddenly bucked this week.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2017
  • For a variety of reasons, such annulments often cannot be obtained.
    Nicole Winfield, Time, 1 July 2017
  • The pair got hitched in a wedding chapel at about 5:30 a.m. on a Saturday in January and the next day arranged for an annulment in the presence of several people, including a lawyer.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • This week Meg continues to staunchly plead her case for her annulment and her inheritance.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Some people look at annulment as a formality required by the Church, but others view the process as nullifying a relationship and the children that came from it.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 May 2024

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