spinster

Example Sentences

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“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

"She's described in the record as a spinster," said Prof English.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

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

From Salon • May 6, 2023

To many people the very word conjures up memories of choking on chalk dust and cowering in fear of a thwack on the knuckles from a spinster schoolteacher.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker