as in maiden
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Recent Examples of spinster
The great spinsters of literature were often portrayed as, if not monstrous, then ugly, cruel and unwanted.
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Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 July 2024
But Anthony can’t seem to stop thinking about Edwina’s spinster sister Kate.
—Kari Sonde, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Cats once again became associated with spinsters gone mad.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 July 2024
Half of the awful old spinsters who taught at our school, for instance.
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
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Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 July 2024
But Anthony can’t seem to stop thinking about Edwina’s spinster sister Kate.
—Kari Sonde, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Cats once again became associated with spinsters gone mad.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 July 2024
Half of the awful old spinsters who taught at our school, for instance.
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinster
Noun
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In the background is a lake, perhaps where King Arthur’s mythical maiden resided before giving him his sword.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2025
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Cowgirls, grunge girls, hippie chicks, hula girls, Mods, Pre-Raphaelite maidens, and surfers are some of the territories that her designs have come up with.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Bolden, who had earned a bachelor’s degree in music, held piano concerts to raise money for his defense.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Mangione went on to receive his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020.—
Audrey Conklin,
Fox News,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There are letters and gifts given to the house’s maids, butler and gardener.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2025
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It was meant to be a humorous examination of gender roles, and Torres played a mother named Solange and appeared in blackface as a maid named Dalva.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The network on Friday, Feb. 14 dropped a teaser for Bravo's Love Hotel, the new dating series in which eligible singles will gather together in a quest to win the hearts of four of the Real Housewives franchise's biggest bachelorettes.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Look at picture No. 107 in the exhibition of 1874: another of Morisot’s lugubrious bourgeois bachelorettes.—
The Learning Network,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Spinster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinster. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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