bachelorhood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bachelorhood
Example Sentences
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It was over those meals where Ephron became intrigued with the way Reiner talked about his bachelorhood.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025
A commiseration-and-karaoke-filled friendship unfolds between Emma and Peter, prompting some mutually beneficial scheming to break up their exes’ new relationships: Peter will pull Noah back into bachelorhood and Emma will seduce Logan.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022
After making a pact to have fun and hold tight to bachelorhood, each of three friends finds himself in a serious relationship.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2019
Naomi Wolf wrote: “A lot of men stay unmarried decade after decade because they bought the Hugh Hefner line that polygamist bachelorhood is ideal, and they lead largely empty lives.”
From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2017
In those first years of joint bachelorhood, Lawrence and Oppenheimer were virtually inseparable.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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