Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinsterish
Adjective
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Albee's 1962 play won a Tony Award, and would have also won a Pulitzer Prize for drama, if the prissy trustees of Columbia University hadn't overruled the jury.—
Jim Higgins,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2023 -
Some of that’s changing times, some of that is because a not-insignificant portion of W.A.S.P. fans are prissy suburbanites themselves.—
Andy O'Connor,
SPIN,
13 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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In Seychellois folklore, it was said to hold the feminine spirit of the earth, fertility embodied in botanical form.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
22 Oct. 2025
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The reemergence of traditional gender roles manifests in fashion through hyper masculine and hyper feminine ways of dressing.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The British designer made a stealthy comeback in 2023 with a namesake label hinged on her brand of modern minimalism, womanly allure and uncompromising quality.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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McQuarrie’s feats lack the comic timing, composition, and emotionalism that cartoonist-director Brad Bird brought to the thrilling Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Ethan/Tom spider-walking the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and outrunning a dust storm, Paula Patton’s womanly catfight with Léa Seydoux).—
Armond White,
National Review,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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With her girlish grin and short blonde hair, Rebecca looked ten years old.—
Joni Eareckson Tada,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Elizabeth arrives, sweeping into the joint, breathlessly, on a gust of girlish ambition.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The owner, clad in a foppish costume, is throwing a fancy party filled with people who don’t feel obliged to follow the evacuation orders of some paramilitary stooge.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
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Her husband, the filmmaker, wears a foppish silk scarf.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For the magazine’s seventy-fifth anniversary, in 2000, the dog-loving portraitist William Wegman dressed up one of his Weimaraners as Eustace Tilley, our dandyish mascot, originally drawn by Rea Irvin.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As sublime as countertop donuts and as nourishing as a rack of girlie magazines, Clerks is a terrific movie gorge.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Oct. 2025
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There’s a bunch of girlie stuff on the walls; the furniture and paint are all pink.—
Najwa Jamal,
Curbed,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Spinsterish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinsterish. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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