spinster

Example Sentences

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Regarded in her time as "a reclusive spinster that never left her house", she was determined to be free to pursue a life of artistic expression.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

“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

The author is looking for a job and taking allergy shots so that she can one day become a spinster with two cats.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2024

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

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2023

The meekness of the wire hangers, with their twisted throats and bent heads — they waited too patiently, too neatly, every one a spinster.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen