bachelorhood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bachelorhood
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Alice and Jimmy are too accustomed to the safety they’ve created in an emotional refuge that was always meant to be temporary: Childhood, in Alice’s case, bachelorhood in Jimmy’s.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026
Rather, her story asks how her child might have fared, and how this would have fundamentally altered Alan’s eternal bachelorhood, and how they both might have felt about Dora.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2023
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
Personally, I prefer Ty$ in get-hyped, full-nasty mode, such as on Saved, in which he pledges eternal bachelorhood, and on Up On the Wall, his admonishment against wannabe LA gangstas.
From The Guardian • Oct. 27, 2015
In those first years of joint bachelorhood, Lawrence and Oppenheimer were virtually inseparable.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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