spinsterhood
Americannoun
plural
spinsterhoodsExample Sentences
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But at the last minute they not only appear but propose, saving the Benton daughters from a fate worse than spinsterhood: family insolvency.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
However, the story's rom-com nature, and the realities of the time period dictated that her heroine take action to avoid two worst fates: spinsterhood or marrying Blifil against her will.
From Salon • May 22, 2023
Q. Re: Facing spinsterhood with optimism: The letter writer might want to look into Single Mothers by Choice and local mom groups in her area.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2020
Jane spends a whole year there, agonized with longing, and that’s when she begins to see what the alternative to Rochester is: a loveless marriage or spinsterhood.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2011
“Would you condemn the girl to spinsterhood, because there are few men in Northumberland, or elsewhere, who can match her in wealth?”
From In Her Own Right by Underwood, Clarence F.
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