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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

Then home    To my still marriage-chamber I shall come, And spouseless, childless, watch the slow years crawl.

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar

“Single, and spouseless liv'd he; long a mate “Press'd not his couch.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

"The spouseless Adriatic mourns her lord," Ay, and yet worse, Venetian souls grow rude.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 3, 1887 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir