How to Use bachelor in a Sentence

bachelor

noun
  • But the bachelor’s degree comes at a cost.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The arrival of a wealthy bachelor who plans to stay for months in a rather quiet town is a huge deal!
    — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Two years ago, Larry, a lifelong bachelor, asked me out.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
  • George was a bachelor, living with his mother on the ranch after she was widowed.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Cockburn has also finished his bachelor’s degree and tries to dwell more on the good in life than the bad.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Keep in mind that John had never really been a bachelor.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • People with a bachelor’s degree or higher have lost little, if any, height.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Gu sized up their new digs, a condo with a bachelor-pad feel—fireplace, sauna, hot tub, humongous grill.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
  • On my mom’s side, only one great cousin had completed a bachelor’s degree.
    — Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Hopefully one of these 25 bachelors will check all of her boxes.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 16 June 2023
  • There are plenty of data points to bolster the idea that getting your bachelor’s degree is worth it.
    — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • One of the bachelors is a billionaire, and everyone’s trying to end up with him.
    — Eli Grober, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The tuition cost of a bachelor’s nursing program is tens of thousands of dollars, putting it out of reach for many.
    — Betty Limon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • His brother-in-law, a bachelor in his mid-fifties who lived in Ain el-Mreisseh, called him in tears.
    — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
  • The nuptials include four bachelor events and two bachelorette parties — one of each is abroad.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Eighty-six percent have to borrow toward a bachelor’s degree.
    — Jon Marcus, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023
  • The zoo said Maka was the heart of the facility’s bachelor troop.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Fans can also get a taste of what each bachelor is looking for on the latest episode of the Viall Files.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Feb. 2026
  • My degree is a bachelor of science, an actual four-year degree.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2023
  • Schreiber, 29, goes through and vets all the possible bachelors herself.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
  • Median wages are for full-time workers with a bachelor’s degree only.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The machines represent a bride (above) and nine bachelors (below).
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
  • Others opt to transfer to four-year colleges to complete bachelors degrees.
    — Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • However, the proportion of stay-at-home dads with a bachelor’s degree has increased over the past three decades.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • More than a fifth of bachelor's credentials are in business, with 17% in healthcare.
    — Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There are 27% of these certificate holders who don’t have a bachelor’s degree.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • To be sure, earning a bachelor’s degree is still seen as a prerequisite for most knowledge work sectors.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The flowers are also cut for bouquets and boutonnieres – a use that gave the plant its common name bachelor’s buttons.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
  • One of his employees, a bachelor, realized things were tough for the company.
    — Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
  • While bachelor buttons are most known for blue blooms, some varieties produce pink, purple, burgundy, white, and two-toned blooms.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2026

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