How to Use unmarried in a Sentence

unmarried

adjective
  • There is a song about the girl on her last night as an unmarried woman.
    — James Bash | , oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • But the floor for the unmarried collapsed.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 May 2026
  • Why, the doctor asked, would an unmarried woman need such a thing?
    — Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 5 May 2021
  • Here are the unmarried, who used to be marginal.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 May 2026
  • Old maid, too, though that’s kind of mean toward unmarried women.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
  • For decades, the bones of children lay near a home for unmarried mothers and their babies.
    — Dan Barry, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Miss is an unmarried woman or young girl under the age of 18.
    — Ashley May, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The shops have been among the few public places where unmarried young men and women can mingle and flirt.
    — New York Times, 29 Aug. 2021
  • The divorcées end up on one side, the unmarried women on the other.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2021
  • There's also been a recent rise in the share of unmarried couples buying homes.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 16 May 2024
  • According to Xie, bridesmaids need to be unmarried and cannot be taller than the bride.
    — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 22 July 2022
  • Half of metro Atlanta's adults are unmarried, so the odds for finding love here could be in your favor.
    — Kristal Dixon, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
  • This is the highest share of unmarried couples recorded, the report said.
    — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The goal should not be to funnel unmarried adults toward coupledom.
    — Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2026
  • So yes, Mary might have remained unmarried without George.
    — Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Keaton had a pretty strong stance on staying unmarried, stemming from a moment in her childhood.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • To be considered a child, the person must be unmarried and under 21 years of age.
    — Julie Watson, ajc, 10 May 2023
  • Transfers to spouses, but not to unmarried partners, are exempt.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Forty percent of all births and 70% of births among Black people are to unmarried women.
    — George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2024
  • And Heather Gay is a divorcee who bristles at the constraints put on her as an unmarried woman.
    — Meredith Blake Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • And the next day, more trains came in from the surrounding region full of young, unmarried Jewish women.
    — National Geographic, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Both were childhood friends of athletes on the national team, and were unemployed and unmarried.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The share of births to unmarried couples has increased from nearly 40% to 70%.
    — The Economist, 4 June 2020
  • The largest percent of unmarried 40-year-olds held only a high school diploma or less (33%).
    — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 5 July 2023
  • In the low-income group, women and unmarried retirees had notably poorer mental health.
    — New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Simply put, they are based on the assumption that an unmarried person would be lonely in the afterlife.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Because the space was so cramped, Huie’s two brothers slept at the village shrine; his two sisters spent their nights at a home for unmarried girls.
    — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Meanwhile, an unmarried man of the same age is simply called a bachelor, or, in gaming circles, a wizard.
    — David Sedaris, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Has Texas ever elected an unmarried man for senator?
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • Still, for the unmarried among them, the 2021 wedding season has imparted its fair share of lessons.
    — Ashely Fetters Washington Post, Star Tribune, 16 July 2021

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