spouseless
Example Sentences
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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 Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
"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
Across his path the spouseless Lady cast Her shadow, and the man that thing became.
From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George
Had the house-front been glass, My vision unobscuring, Could aught have come to pass More happiness-insuring To her, loved as a lass When spouseless, all-alluring?
From Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Hardy, Thomas
