unmarried

Example Sentences

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Unmarried men had five times the rate of anal cancer; unmarried women experienced three times the rate of cervical cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

There was definitely a market for such things, perhaps even a market dominated by them — films like “Kramer vs. Kramer,” “The Big Chill” and “An Unmarried Woman” pop to my aged mind.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

Unmarried pregnant women frequently left Ireland to avoid going into oppressive institutions - most often to Great Britain.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

Unmarried women and those whose husbands were disabled or absent still sought factory work, but married women more commonly earned money in ways that did not require them to leave the home.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Unmarried men and women were chaperoned to keep their relationships property chaste before marriage.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock