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

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

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

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 • Mar. 23, 2023

Ostensibly we were still an elderly watchmaker living with his two spinster daughters above his tiny shop.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom