spouseless
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Even the spouseless and child-free have been craving more space.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2020
It was the contrast of this display of power and dominion with the later decline of Venetian commerce, that suggested the melancholy line, "The spouseless Adriatic mourns her lord."
From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
Then home To my still marriage-chamber I shall come, And spouseless, childless, watch the slow years crawl.
From Reviews by Oscar Wilde
“Single, and spouseless liv'd he; long a mate “Press'd not his couch.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard
"Say," said Stephen, "sweetest sigher; Say, shall Stephen spouseless stay?"
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
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