ESPOUSE in a Sentence

Learn ESPOUSE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

10 example sentences for ESPOUSE, such as:

1. She was always ready to espouse a worthy cause.
2. Vegetarianism is one cause she does not espouse.
3. When I left college, I was sent out to Jamaica, to espouse a bride already courted for me.
4. They are none of your unhappy wretches who begin by having no family, and end by espousing the public.
5. A pretty dispute followed, in which Edna warmly espoused her father's cause and the Doctor remained neutral.

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 Meanings and Examples of ESPOUSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
espouse
 v.  take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
Classic Sentence:
1  When I left college, I was sent out to Jamaica, to espouse a bride already courted for me.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
2  Mrs. Fisher was small, fiery and dramatic; and her hands and eyes were admirable instruments in the service of whatever causes he happened to espouse.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
3  Those who espoused Melanie's side pointed triumphantly to the fact that Melanie was constantly with Scarlett these days.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
4  A pretty dispute followed, in which Edna warmly espoused her father's cause and the Doctor remained neutral.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXIII
5  Heyward gathered from the manners of the different speakers, that the father and son espoused one side of a disputed question, while the white man maintained the other.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
6  The cause which the young man espoused was one so sacred that Beauchamp had only to comply with all his wishes; he yielded and contented himself with following Morcerf.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 88. The Insult.
7  But his heart was heavy, that Mother had NOT crowned him in the day of his espousals and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
8  They are none of your unhappy wretches who begin by having no family, and end by espousing the public.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IX—JONDRETTE COMES NEAR WEEPING
Example Sentence:
1  She was always ready to espouse a worthy cause.
2  Vegetarianism is one cause she does not espouse.