spinster
Example Sentences
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‘Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte’ Bette Davis plays the titular Southern spinster in this twisted 1964 psychological thriller directed by Robert Aldrich.
From Los Angeles Times
Her spinster role is one of naïveté, innocence and inexperience.
From Salon
The newspaper had previously described Ms. Maginnis as a “38-year-old spinster” and “a slender, intense woman with the eyes of a zealot.”
From Washington Post
“In this show, both Liza and Kelsey are very focused on their career, and they don’t come out like pinched spinster schoolmarms,” she said.
From New York Times
A New England spinster marries a younger man who has mental problems and another wife.
From Los Angeles Times
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