spinsterly

He could know her, almost know her, feel her innocence through the music, know the girl again, the spinsterly twelve-year-old who walked behind her parents in the street, he could see her in the face of the somber older sister, she was almost there, the girl, in the pouches and moles and smoky hair.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

He could know her, almost know her, feel her innocence through the music, know the girl again, the spinsterly twelve-year-old who walked behind her parents in the street, he could see her in the face of the somber older sister, she was almost there, the girl, in the pouches and moles and smoky hair.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

He could know her, almost know her, feel her innocence through the music, know the girl again, the spinsterly twelve-year-old who walked behind her parents in the street, he could see her in the face of the somber older sister, she was almost there, the girl, in the pouches and moles and smoky hair.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

He also kept some of his sisters there whom he didn't wish to see marry or have any opportunity to bear children, so my poor girl had plenty of spinsterly company.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

Later, Elvira developed the spinsterly accomplishment of darning her own delicate silk stockings to finished perfection, and was promptly importuned by all the young Lawrences to darn theirs.

Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Various

We had seen Tish's apartment change from a sedate and spinsterly retreat to a riot of lace covers on the mantel, on the backs of chairs, on the stands, on the pillows – everywhere.

Tish 1916

We had seen Tish's apartment change from a sedate and spinsterly retreat to a riot of lace covers on the mantel, on the backs of chairs, on the stands, on the pillows -- everywhere.

Tish Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

The older, a gaunt, spinsterly-looking figure, peers about with a near-sighted glance.

Mr. Faust Arthur Davison Ficke 1914

She had also a spinsterly objection to hansoms, and never would consent to be driven in one.

The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 Various 1899

Instead, she has been squeezed into the role of the desk clerk at the Columbia Inn in Vermont, a role originated by the brilliantly spinsterly Mary Wickes in the

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