How to Use wed in a Sentence

wed

verb
  • They will wed in the fall.
  • The actress wed her fourth husband last year.
  • The novel weds tragedy and comedy.
  • His new writing job wedded his love of words and his eye for fashion.
  • Mochi ice cream was passed out instead of wedding cake for dessert.
    — Tamara Abraham, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 July 2018
  • Looks like wedding guest season is about to get a lot brighter this spring.
    — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Dec. 2018
  • So are wedding content creators a fad—or a business that is here to stay?
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2025
  • And a new coach might not be wedded to players held over from the previous regime.
    — Oliver Staley, Quartz at Work, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Being wedded to an idea that is going nowhere will mean your business hits a wall.
    — David Morel, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Don’t feel wedded to chocolate chips and walnuts if those aren’t your favorite.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Mar. 2025
  • These are filmmakers who became wedded to the idea of going to hell and back.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 May 2026
  • Braun told these hatchlings that they were too wedded to script, and needed to learn how to let sound tell the story.
    — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • Still, Benny says, they were never wedded to being a duo.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
  • What’s to be done with such beautiful work, wedded to such intractable problems?
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Until the mid-nineteenth century, opera was wedded to rhythm and rhyme.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
  • But Voegtlin wasn’t wedded to any single flavor of carnivory.
    — David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • She and Jonas were seen holding hands in the south of France on their way to a pre-wedding party.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 June 2019
  • Each hour-long episode will expose a grisly homicide set against the backdrop of what appears to be wedded bliss.
    — Michael O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2018
  • But this dumb, seemingly harmless, wedding day prank turned out to be not so funny to her hubby-to-be.
    — Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 2 Nov. 2014
  • Upstairs, the house features several rooms for the bride, groom and wedding party to dress.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2017
  • The couple married in a church where Palvin’s parents wedded 34 years ago.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • Being wedded to your ideas is perfectly fine, but selling them to the fanbase is crucial.
    — Michael Cox, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
  • And this, perhaps, is a third lesson for an industry that some believe is not wedded to talent enough.
    — The Economist, 17 May 2018
  • In the blink-and-you'll-miss-it clip, Meghan looks pleased and excited to spend some post-wedding one-on-one time with her gown.
    — Andrea Park, Allure, 18 Sep. 2018
  • These Prada coupes are wedding registry worthy.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Look closer, however, and there are strictures that are wedded to an age that long precedes motor sports and movie stars.
    — Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
  • He is not wedded to a Medicare for All-style single-payer system.
    — Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2023
  • But this daughter-in-law, now wedded for many years to the older son, was at the funeral, fine lines around her mouth, holding a boy to her side.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • This effort follows a judge's dismissal of a lawsuit from wedding barn owners who argued the new rules would put them out of business.
    — Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • The contract seemingly weds Ohtani to the Dodgers through his age-39 season.
    — Jack Magruder, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023

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