spinster

Example Sentences

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“I’m a geriatric pregnant spinster who puts crystals in her bra,” Helen says in an unusual moment of self-awareness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Ruth Buzzi, the actor who became famous for playing a purse-wielding spinster on ‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,’ has died at her home in Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

"She's described in the record as a spinster," said Prof English.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

They're living in a rural village together, two spinster women.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

An aunt—that seemed possible; a visiting spinster aunt, slightly odd, but nice.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote