DOWRY in a Sentence
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12 example sentences for DOWRY, such as:
1. The icons, and my dowry bed, all the rest is lost.
2. Ever since Valentine's dowry had been mentioned, Morrel had been silent and sad.
3. He will take you with your dowry and take Mademoiselle Bourienne into the bargain.
4. When, however, we both grew up, they sent Ctimene to Same and received a splendid dowry for her.
5. He did not know at all how much he had, what his debts amounted to, or what dowry he could give Vera.
2. Ever since Valentine's dowry had been mentioned, Morrel had been silent and sad.
3. He will take you with your dowry and take Mademoiselle Bourienne into the bargain.
4. When, however, we both grew up, they sent Ctimene to Same and received a splendid dowry for her.
5. He did not know at all how much he had, what his debts amounted to, or what dowry he could give Vera.
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Meanings and Examples of DOWRY
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dowry
n. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
Classic Sentence:
1 Should he allow her, on marriage, a dowry of, say, two hundred thousand roubles, she will be a very nice catch indeed.
2 He will take you with your dowry and take Mademoiselle Bourienne into the bargain.
3 He did not know at all how much he had, what his debts amounted to, or what dowry he could give Vera.
4 A few days before the wedding Berg entered the count's study early one morning and, with a pleasant smile, respectfully asked his future father-in-law to let him know what Vera's dowry would be.
5 The icons, and my dowry bed, all the rest is lost.
6 The dowry of his wife amounted to fifty thousand crowns, and he had, besides, the prospect of seeing her fortune increased to half a million at her father's death.
7 Ever since Valentine's dowry had been mentioned, Morrel had been silent and sad.
8 When, however, we both grew up, they sent Ctimene to Same and received a splendid dowry for her.
9 She had gone to Ergushovo, the estate that had been her dowry, and the one where in spring the forest had been sold.
10 There's messuages; tenements; napery; cattle; my dowry; an inventory.
11 By paying a small sum every week into a society, he ensured for both his daughters a dowry of one hundred pounds each when they came to the age of twenty-four.
12 She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth.
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