spinster

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who is raising Estella as she conspires to meddle in Pip’s life, famously wears a wedding dress she hasn’t taken off since being left at the altar years before.

From Los Angeles Times

"Why is spinster somehow negative? I really think it's great."

From Salon

After the dictatorship ended in 1990, some scholars began to question her portrayal as a saintly spinster.

From New York Times

“We were both in our early forties, and neither of us had been married, which made me a spinster and him a catch.”

From Washington Post