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How to use wedding in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Wedding means a marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage. Example: “The wedding of our three companies took place last week.”

Examples of wedding by meaning

nounA marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.

  • Her announcement was quite a surprise, coming a month after she published the words "I hate weddings with a passion and a fury I can only partially explain rationally."
  • Rumor has it that there will be a wedding in our village ere the daisies are in bloom.1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter XXIV, in Anne of Avonlea
  • After the wedding there was singing and concertina-playing in the laundry till late evening.1922, Anton Chekhov, “The Cook's Wedding”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

nounThe joining of two or more parts.

  • The wedding of our three companies took place last week.
  • The wedding of commercial with universal banking would result in more careful project evaluation and selection and a closer monitoring of existing loans.2000, Benton E. Gup, New Financial Architecture: Banking Regulation in the 21st Century, page 221
  • The wedding of black brass bands and orchestras to jubilee concert companies was a consolidation that favored both promoters and musicians.2002, Lynn Abbott, Doug Seroff, Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895, page 176

verbTo participate in a wedding.

  • Getting married is entirely different than getting weddinged.1998 July 3, “NET-HAPPENINGS Digest”, in schl.news.nethappen (Usenet)
  • (In her private life this year, three of her children have been married, in quick succession, leaving her "weddinged out.")2002, Whitney Balliett, Collected Works: A Journal of Jazz 1954-2001, page 78
  • It was the most opportune time; I had my agenda and she had hers, and I suspected that she and Susan would be “weddinged” out by the time they got home2010, Edward Anchel, Lost in Vegas

More sentences with wedding

  • If I lose a few kilos, the gorgeous wedding dress might fit me.From the entry fit
  • I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.From the entry forget
  • After the wedding celebration was over the menu was displayed for dinner.From the entry menu
  • I can't come to your wedding because it clashes with a friend's funeral.From the entry clash
  • When the new baby's rubber duck squeaked at the wedding, hilarity ensued.From the entry hilarity
  • Will you stand up for me (as my best man) at the wedding?From the entry stand up
  • After what happened at the wedding, I wouldn't blame you if you never spoke to them again.From the entry blame
  • She was on her hands and knees scrabbling in the mud, looking for her missing wedding ring.From the entry scrabble
  • She was a complete basket case the morning of her wedding.From the entry basket case
  • I've invited three hundred people to my wedding. — You've invited how many?From the entry how many
  • The cost of an opulent wedding is spare change to a millionaire.From the entry spare change
  • Our wishes were honored by changing the date of the wedding.From the entry honor
  • Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception.From the entry chill
  • They were engaged last month! They're planning to have the wedding next year.From the entry engage
  • Yah, we did go along but it turned out the wedding was a load of nonsense.From the entry yah
  • The bridesmaid and best man at a wedding typically serve as the witnesses.From the entry witness
  • Her abrupt departure from the wedding ceremony was a fine how-d'ye-do.From the entry how-d'ye-do
  • It was tactless of you not to attend your sister's wedding.From the entry tactless
  • The wedding is off, and he has taken back the ring.From the entry take back
  • The royal engagement is likely to be a top talker right through the wedding.From the entry talker
  • The room was double booked for a convention and a wedding in the same night.From the entry double booked
  • The wedding party got in their cars and caravaned from the chapel to the reception hall.From the entry caravan
  • It's about time for the wedding to start, let's run to the church.From the entry about time
  • We're hoping to see all our old folks at the wedding reception.From the entry old folks
  • The couple chose to solemnize their relationship in a secular ceremony, instead of having a wedding.From the entry solemnize
  • Saying "I do" as part of a wedding ceremony is performative, enacting a marriage.From the entry performative
  • Much of the language used when discussing wedding planning is heteronormative, which can alienate homosexual couples.From the entry heteronormative
  • There is no way in thunderation that I'm going to that wedding.From the entry in thunderation
  • The wedding reception was too noisy and crowded for my liking.From the entry for one's liking
  • The cost of an opulent wedding is loose change to a millionaire.From the entry loose change
  • Everyone was so nicely dressed up for the wedding, I couldn't resist taking a picture.From the entry dressed up

Meaning of wedding

  1. noun A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
  2. noun The joining of two or more parts.
  3. verb To participate in a wedding.

Full definition of wedding

Questions about wedding in a sentence

How do you use wedding in a sentence?
Wedding is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The wedding of our three companies took place last week.”
What is a short sentence with wedding?
“Getting married is entirely different than getting weddinged.”
What does wedding mean?
Wedding means a marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wedding (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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