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Example sentences for "unmarried woman"

  • It is the more undesirable that married women should be prohibited from working at a profession, since there are some professions for which a married woman, or, rather, a mother, is better equipped than an unmarried woman.

  • While in many fields of knowledge an unmarried woman may be a most excellent teacher, it is highly undesirable that children, and especially girls, should be brought exclusively under the educational influence of unmarried teachers.

  • Until recently it has been like the betrayal of a secret for a woman, particularly for an unmarried woman, to have a birthday.

  • By giving this written consent her husband virtually places her in the position of an unmarried woman, as far as her property is concerned.

  • The fact that an unmarried woman's sixty-second birthday can be celebrated, shows the dawning of the idea that the loss of youth and its fresh beauty may be more than compensated by the higher charms of intellectual attainments.

  • A young woman, and an unmarried woman, wait for an invitation to call from an older woman and matron.

  • An unmarried woman calling on her married friend leaves but one card.

  • An unmarried woman is always presented to a matron in this manner: "Mrs. Brown, may I present Miss Jones?

  • An unmarried woman, living with a father or brother, and acting as mistress of the household, has cards left for her as carefully as the matron.

  • According to the Chinese Penal Code, "criminal intercourse by mutual consent with an unmarried woman shall be punished with seventy blows," whilst the punishment for such intercourse with a married woman is eighty blows.

  • Bartholinus speaks of an unmarried woman of Leipzig who was delivered after a pregnancy of sixteen months.

  • Gilbert gives an account of a case of pregnancy in an unmarried woman, who successfully resisted an attempt at criminal connection and yet became impregnated and gave birth to a perfectly formed female child.

  • Ranney reports the case of an unmarried woman of forty-four who suffered from paroxysms of hiccough that persisted for four years.

  • Mitchell reports a case in an unmarried woman of forty-five.

  • Frenchmen are afraid of an unmarried woman--she means danger, damages, a midnight marriage and other awful things.

  • Now, I am told that an unmarried woman with a babe at her breast is not received in England into the best society.

  • An unmarried woman in France can not hope to be a social leader; and to be a social leader was the one ambition of Madame De Stael.

  • An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.

  • A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl.

  • A mother, elder sister, or married woman takes the precedence over a daughter, younger sister, or unmarried woman.

  • When an hour of arrival is specified in an invitation, the guest should be met at the station, especially an unmarried woman, by the hostess or host.

  • While it is not strictly necessary that a hostess should accompany a guest to the depot, yet many still follow this rule, especially in the case of an unmarried woman, and are careful to see to all the details of checking baggage, etc.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unmarried woman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


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