spinster

Example Sentences

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"Why is spinster somehow negative? I really think it's great."

From Salon

After the dictatorship ended in 1990, some scholars began to question her portrayal as a saintly spinster.

From New York Times

“We were both in our early forties, and neither of us had been married, which made me a spinster and him a catch.”

From Washington Post

She is maybe one of Christie’s few real and fleshed-out characters: the consummate English spinster, living in the typical English village, with its gossip and intrigues.

From Washington Post

I’m like one of those crazy spinster ladies who listen to the radio at night.

From New York Times