In one story, the last, "Tannis of the Flats," the secret of Elinor Blair's spinsterhood is revealed. From Wordnik.com. [Further Chronicles of Avonlea] Reference
Her spinsterhood was now settled and unchangeable. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
She begs him to save her from a life of spinsterhood. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference
The only companion she hoped to have in spinsterhood. From Wordnik.com. [Hearts] Reference
She sees this as her last chance to avoid spinsterhood. From Wordnik.com. [THE UNLOVED by Peggy Swenson (Midwood 1964)] Reference
The notion of spinsterhood was odious to Margaret Adair. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
Ha! Aren't I the perfect postergirl for spinsterhood????. From Wordnik.com. [sierrazen Diary Entry] Reference
Should women accept spinsterhood as the price of success?. From Wordnik.com. [Sisterhood Is Powerless] Reference
My pride knows no bounds, even spinsterhood. ancient/after. From Wordnik.com. [golddustgrrl Diary Entry] Reference
Eighteen years old was on the cusp of lifelong spinsterhood. From Wordnik.com. [Hearts] Reference
I thought of spinsterhood, but I'm slightly allergic to cats. From Wordnik.com. [get thee to a nunnery] Reference
For most eighteenth-century women, spinsterhood meant failure at some level. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
Anything — spinsterhood, drudgery, anything — sooner than the alternative. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
She was not pretty, he supposed: broad-faced, square-jawed, verging on spinsterhood. From Wordnik.com. [The Burning Bridge] Reference
You have already divulged your love of cats so your half way to spinsterhood anyway. From Wordnik.com. [What A Girl Wants] Reference
Margaret Dopplemeier was one of those tall, rawboned women predestined for spinsterhood. From Wordnik.com. [When The Bough Breaks]
Ellen, on the verge of spinsterhood at twenty-two, had been a good deal less cooperative. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
But it took decades to erase the stigma of spinsterhood, and it never completely vanished. From Wordnik.com. [Girls Gone Mild] Reference
Nan's emphasis reflected so directly on her own condition of unauthoritative spinsterhood. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
It's another for a young woman forced into spinsterhood by her father who wants her income. From Wordnik.com. [Sabria Jawhar: Lebanese News Station's Cowardice in Sex Braggart Scandal Makes Saudi Female Journalist the Scapegoat] Reference
Does that conjure up images of nights spent alone and bachelor bachelorhood and spinsterhood?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 10, 2004] Reference
It was also in the 1830s when spinsterhood began to be recognized as a serious social problem. From Wordnik.com. [Feminist Utopianism and Female Sexuality in Joanna Baillies Comedies] Reference
They've been tsking for years over my spinsterhood, pitying me because I didn't have any beaux. From Wordnik.com. [Where There's Smoke]
Richard wondered whether she had pledged herself to spinsterhood, but of course he didn't ask her. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867] Reference
In a few years it will be very difficult for you to do so with spinsterhood the inevitable result. From Wordnik.com. [Left to Die] Reference
She would sink into spinsterhood and he would have the expense of her keep for the rest of his life. From Wordnik.com. [A Christmas Bride]
Runaway girls, marriages of convenience and spinsterhood were other topics the LBC wanted to present. From Wordnik.com. [Sabria Jawhar: Lebanese News Station's Cowardice in Sex Braggart Scandal Makes Saudi Female Journalist the Scapegoat] Reference
The courtships and marriages (or spinsterhood) of Don Fabrizio's children were a constant source of anxiety. From Wordnik.com. [An Italian Aristocrat in Decline] Reference
This meant, unfortunately, that Chem had a quite reasonable chance for spinsterhood, attractive though she was. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
And the generations crowded one against another; a girl worried about spinsterhood if she reached seventeen unwed. From Wordnik.com. [Adaptation] Reference
"Some women are terrified of spinsterhood," she says, "even though statistically speaking, there's no reason for it.". From Wordnik.com. [Wendy Braitman: Would You Rather Be Smart or Sexy?] Reference
Elvira had grown into her spinsterhood without rebellion and with the quietude of mind conferred by an even disposition. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
But Jennie was discontented, puling for what she could not have, mourning her lowly fortune, deploring her spinsterhood. From Wordnik.com. [My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People] Reference
Never to be loved but by such a one as Richard Clare was a cheerless prospect; for it was identical with an eternal spinsterhood. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.] Reference
Graves, not allowed to remain too long on the stalk of spinsterhood. From Wordnik.com. [One of Our Conquerors — Complete] Reference
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