Both families were surprised to hear that the young couple had eloped over the weekend. From LearnThat.org.
The old-fashioned meaning of the word elope was used to describe a married woman who ran away with her lover. From Wordnik.com. [Products & Shopping] Reference
That was when she planned to "elope" with Thapa and the two decided to come to Goa, the cook reportedly told cops. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
"So, after all, you wanted her to elope with you?". From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
VAN WINKLE, and an expressed determination to elope. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870] Reference
Take him to Vegas and elope, bring the guy with you. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 2, 2005] Reference
She's not going to elope with the old Colonel, I hope!. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We are going to elope after this. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2002] Reference
She had lied to him when she left home to elope with John. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
They are likely to elope at any time, and my heart is broken. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
We'll probably elope, but right now we're having too much fun. From Wordnik.com. [Locked Rooms]
BLITZER: A tragic end for a couple trying to elope in Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2009] Reference
"I did not tell him you were going to elope," Moira said, frowning. From Wordnik.com. [Unforgiven]
   "I think it would be easier to elope," Mendanbar said. From Wordnik.com. [Searching for dragons]
"Wish us good luck, or fling a slipper, do, Cora, for we are going to elope!". From Wordnik.com. [Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces] Reference
They'd elope the evening of Lady Dessing's birthday gala, three nights hence. From Wordnik.com. [The English Witch]
"Am I being invited to -- elope with you?" she asked, laughing a little shrilly. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
Perhaps, he thought of persuading her to elope with him -- elope with a criminal!. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
   "I really think it would have been easier to elope," Mendanbar grumbled. From Wordnik.com. [Searching for dragons]
When a couple are about to elope the young man asks, "Does your mother know your route?". From Wordnik.com. [The New Pun Book] Reference
‘Why dress up in such a noticeable way if he wanted to elope with the girl?’ she asked. From Wordnik.com. [Spotted Hemlock]
"Papa will not like it, I know, but if he will not give his consent, I will elope with you.". From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Sunrise]
You wrote to Number Three, proposing to elope, and were staking your existence on her answer. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
It required, therefore, little persuasion to obtain her consent to elope with the haberdasher. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841] Reference
Just recently, Taliban gunmen executed a young couple in front of a crowd for trying to elope. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2009] Reference
He answered by another proposal to elope, and reproached her with being the cause of his ruin. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
"Then you would indeed be the happy man at last, Mr. Tims," said I. "Did you elope on the instant?". From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828] Reference
Her bloke persuaded her he'd marry her if she could get some money together to elope to Gretna Green. From Wordnik.com. [Fox Evil]
She'd tried to elope to Gardez with a young man she'd fallen in love with, the son of a local mullah. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
Grandison so strongly that he promised to elope with her so soon as he could conveniently leave Chicago. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of Montreal Being Recollections of a Female Physician] Reference
Those are the murders of young couples who elope in defiance of caste boundaries and their families 'wishes. From Wordnik.com. [India Struggles To Stem Rise In 'Honor Killings'] Reference
They picture to themselves an ideal hero, and easily fall victims to designing knaves, who induce them to elope. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886] Reference
She returned his love, but was too conscientious to elope with him and forget her cousin, as he wished her to do. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
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