spinster

Example Sentences

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Her spinster role is one of naïveté, innocence and inexperience.

From Salon

The newspaper had previously described Ms. Maginnis as a “38-year-old spinster” and “a slender, intense woman with the eyes of a zealot.”

From Washington Post

“In this show, both Liza and Kelsey are very focused on their career, and they don’t come out like pinched spinster schoolmarms,” she said.

From New York Times

A New England spinster marries a younger man who has mental problems and another wife.

From Los Angeles Times

In the 1500s some towns, such as Chester, England, actually made it illegal for most women to sell beer, worried that young alewives would grow up into old spinsters.

From Salon