spouseless
Example Sentences
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Even the spouseless and child-free have been craving more space.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2020
Across his path the spouseless Lady cast Her shadow, and the man that thing became.
From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George
"Nay, since Nanette ran off with a street singer and left me spouseless, I have made a vow of celibacy," hastily answered the piping voice of the lank scholar.
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
"The spouseless Adriatic mourns her love; St. Mark yet sees his lion where he stood, Spared but in mockery of his withered power."
From Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta by Devereux, W. Cope
Then home To my still marriage-chamber I shall come, And spouseless, childless, watch the slow years crawl.
From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar
