“Edith and her sister were trapped in spinsterish lives, caring for their selfish, manipulative mother.”

“Brian told the secretary, a comically spinsterish woman with a bun and glasses, that they were there for Mr. Mallard.”

“Sheba is branded a harlot in the press and forced to quit her job and flee the family home, which she does with Barbara Covett, the school's spinsterish history teacher.”