spinster

Example Sentences

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This image may have been reinforced by a book Augustus wrote about her after her death that painted her as "this crazy spinster lady who lived in Paris".

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

Colman plays Edith, an uptight spinster who lives with her elderly parents, and Buckley plays her rowdy Irish neighbor Rose.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024

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

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

A letter came addressed to Matt from a spinster aunt of Shadrach’s who lived in Washington, a woman of whom Shad had often spoken.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt