All 7 Uses of
betrothed
in
Anna Karenina
- Levin saw proofs of this in his dress, in the old-fashioned threadbare coat, obviously not his everyday attire, in his shrewd, deep-set eyes, in his idiomatic, fluent Russian, in the imperious tone that had become habitual from long use, and in the resolute gestures of his large, red, sunburnt hands, with an old betrothal ring on the little finger.†
Part 3
- When the prince and the princess had gone, Levin went up to his betrothed and took her hand.†
Part 4 *
- What was extraordinary was that everyone not only liked him, but even people previously unsympathetic, cold, and callous, were enthusiastic over him, gave way to him in everything, treated his feeling with tenderness and delicacy, and shared his conviction that he was the happiest man in the world because his betrothed was beyond perfection.†
Part 4
- Levin spent that evening with his betrothed at Dolly's, and was in very high spirits.†
Part 5
- On the day of the wedding, according to the Russian custom (the princess and Darya Alexandrovna insisted on strictly keeping all the customs), Levin did not see his betrothed, and dined at his hotel with three bachelor friends, casually brought together at his rooms.†
Part 5
- There was an interval of hesitation, whispering, and smiles; but the expression of solemn emotion on the faces of the betrothed pair did not change: on the contrary, in their perplexity over their hands they looked more grave and deeply moved than before, and the smile with which Stepan Arkadyevitch whispered to them that now they would each put on their own ring died away on his lips.†
Part 5
- He made the offer, and concentrated on his betrothed and his wife all the feeling of which he was capable.†
Part 5
Definition:
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(betrothed) promised to marry; or the person who has promised to marry