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

"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

Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who is raising Estella as she conspires to meddle in Pip’s life, famously wears a wedding dress she hasn’t taken off since being left at the altar years before.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2023

But trying to imagine Katherine pledging herself to a life as a spinster doesn't quite fit.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland