in the family way
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Giovana and Yago are soon in the family way, in a story that covers many years, a bit too breezily, and many ups and downs in this couple’s growing — and entirely unexpected — family.
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2022
When the call finally came, however, she had to inform the powers-that-be that she was in the family way.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2021
Instant verification not only of being in the family way, but it can also tell you the baby’s gender.
From Scientific American • Aug. 7, 2013
A grinning Carr began eagerly accepting warm handshakes, like a chap who'd just announced to his mates in the golf club bar that the wife is in the family way.
From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2011
After other medicines had failed a friend advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as she said it was excellent for any one in the family way.
From Food and Health by Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company
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