spinster

Example Sentences

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This image may have been reinforced by a book Augustus wrote about her after her death that painted her as "this crazy spinster lady who lived in Paris".

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

To many people the very word conjures up memories of choking on chalk dust and cowering in fear of a thwack on the knuckles from a spinster schoolteacher.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker