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Recent Examples of betrothShort of an official announcement, there's really no reason to believe that Zendaya and Holland, who've been together for years and play love interests in the Spider-Man movies, aren't betrothed.—Marci Robin, Allure, 6 Jan. 2025 Six years later, Luke was betrothed to Rhaena Targaryen in a successful effort to unite House Velaryon and Rhaenyra’s branch of House Targaryen.—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 June 2024 The film is a fairy tale that follows a young princess named Buttercup (Robin Wright) who suddenly gets betrothed to a vile prince despite already finding her one true love, Westley (Cary Elwes).—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024 She’s been betrothed to 41-year-old producer Jonathan Davino since 2022.—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for betroth
Alternately, Primack proposes that Chisholm ask for a one-time waiver from the NBA, gambling that the record sticker tag of the sale (which does not even include a stake in the Celtics' home arena, TD Garden) would probably dissuade the league's other owners from turning down such an agreement.
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Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Yet the government is proposing to cut the salaries of teachers and civil servants, while steering more than one and a quarter billion dollars to ultra-Orthodox parties and schools and West Bank settlements.
Rescue teams from Russia, China, India, and Southeast Asia are on the ground, and countries like the U.S., UK, and Australia have pledged financial aid.
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Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
Apple, for example, has already pledged $500 billion to expand facilities and teams in nine states in the next four years.
The two are surprised to learn that Armand's son, Val (Dan Futterman), has gotten engaged to Barbara Keeley (Calista Flockhart), the daughter of the conservative political couple Kevin (Hackman) and Louise (Wiest).
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Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
But some are able to build more than just engaging social media feeds.
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