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14 example sentences for SPINSTER, such as:

1. The poor good old woman was a spinster.
2. The scarred veteran was afraid of that old spinster.
3. And I hope every spinster may find as good a husband as my wife has found.
4. Black hair clumsily tucked under a mauve straw hat which would have suited a spinster.
5. Moreover, the six hundred thousand francs had settled the elderly spinster's indecision.

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 Meanings and Examples of SPINSTER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
spinster
 n.  woman who has remained single beyond the conventional age for marrying; one whose occupation is to spin
Classic Sentence:
1  So saying, she pointed out to the spinster two napoleons which were glittering on the table.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—RESULT OF THE SUCCESS
2  These households comprised of an old man and an old spinster are not rare, and always have the touching aspect of two weaknesses leaning on each other for support.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII—TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR
3  The scarred veteran was afraid of that old spinster.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH
4  "Let us see, father," said the old spinster.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE
5  The old man and the old spinster had seated themselves with their backs to each other, and were thinking, each on his own account, the same things, in all probability.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE
6  The poor good old woman was a spinster.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—M. MABEUF
7  Moreover, the six hundred thousand francs had settled the elderly spinster's indecision.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER ...
8  Before the ladies could recover from their shocked astonishment at her statement and at a spinster mentioning such a matter, Melanie was standing in the doorway.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
9  Miss Ella Stowbody, the spinster daughter of the Ionic bank, scratched her dry palms and blushed.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
10  Black hair clumsily tucked under a mauve straw hat which would have suited a spinster.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
11  Now this lady was a thin, yellow spinster, with a sharp nose and inquisitive eyes, who saw everything and gossiped about all she saw.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
12  And I hope every spinster may find as good a husband as my wife has found.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI
13  Young Carey looked confused and pleased at hearing such statements from settled matrons and spinsters like Mrs. Meade and Melanie and Aunt Pitty and Fanny, and tried to hope that Scarlett really meant it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
Example Sentence:
1  A high-earning woman might rather be a spinster than marry a high-school drop-out.