spouseless
Example Sentences
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Even the spouseless and child-free have been craving more space.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2020
"The spouseless Adriatic mourns her love; St. Mark yet sees his lion where he stood, Spared but in mockery of his withered power."
From Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta by W. Cope Devereux
"Nay, since Nanette ran off with a street singer and left me spouseless, I have made a vow of celibacy," hastily answered the piping voice of the lank scholar.
From Under the Rose by Frederic Stewart Isham
Then home To my still marriage-chamber I shall come, And spouseless, childless, watch the slow years crawl.
From Reviews by Oscar Wilde
Across his path the spouseless Lady cast Her shadow, and the man that thing became.
From Poems — Volume 3 by George Meredith
