spinster

Example Sentences

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French-American author Lauren Elkin, who writes on art and culture, said a mythology pervaded that she was "this reclusive spinster that never left her house and lived at home with her cat making her paintings".

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

Ruth Buzzi, famous for her work as handbag-wielding spinster Gladys Ormphby on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” died Thursday, her family announced Friday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

They're living in a rural village together, two spinster women.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

They came more out of kindness than faith, giving the aging spinster a chance to recall her good old days in the tenements.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende