spinster

Example Sentences

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Regarded in her time as "a reclusive spinster that never left her house", she was determined to be free to pursue a life of artistic expression.

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

Buzzi herself told The Times in 2011 about working with John Wayne on the variety show, including in one sketch where Gladys wasn’t a spinster.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

"Look at me," she declares to her spinster daughters in one scene.

From Salon • May 6, 2023

A tall, heavyset spinster, about forty years old, she always wore a scarf on her head, tied beneath the chin, even during class, and she spoke with a slow, careful Appalachian accent.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston