unmarried woman
Example Sentences
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And Candice Bergen pulled into focus recent events, recalling the controversy stirred by then-Vice President Dan Quayle over her “Murphy Brown” character, who was raising a child as a single, unmarried woman.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024
Despite not being buffeted around by the winds of fate as much as Tom is, Sophia is nevertheless a young, unmarried woman.
From Salon • May 22, 2023
In it she discusses marriage and the challenges of being a single, unmarried woman with actor Mindy Kaling.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2022
Being a bachelor is not a necessary feature of being unmarried because you can be unmarried and be an unmarried woman.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
At the time, the term was used to mean an unmarried woman who may live with a man but is not the legal or social equal of a wife—similar to the modern word mistress.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
