spouseless

Example Sentences

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Even the spouseless and child-free have been craving more space.

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2020

"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

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)

Across his path the spouseless Lady cast Her shadow, and the man that thing became.

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George