How to Use singleness in a Sentence

singleness

noun
  • And the social stigma of singleness was designed to nudge them back in line.
    — T.l. Andrews, Quartz, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Nothing else catches us up in such singleness of purpose or gives us so righteous a high.
    — Fred Niedner, Post-Tribune, 7 June 2019
  • Lawrence, too, as Season 2 begins, is trying his singleness on for size.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 24 July 2017
  • Raised to be super achievers, their singleness is more sanitized.
    — Lisa Miller, The Cut, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Tinder’s latest ad campaign touts singleness, not settling down.
    — Washington Post, 19 June 2019
  • Will Clare be more decisive than some of her predecessors and more secure in her singleness?
    — Lisa Bonos, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Her life honed to a singleness of purpose while my father stumbles about, narrating the current state of his illnesses.
    — Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • Also, don't assume singleness as necessarily a problem that needs to be solved.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Par price, that is the price between the different representations ties all these forms into the singleness of money.
    — Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • In comments beneath the post, some supporters celebrated the call to embrace singleness as a valid, joyful life stage.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
  • The actress hasn't spoken publicly about her dating life, aside from a few TikTok videos poking fun at her singleness.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • By then, Katie had tried so many different ways to make her singleness bearable that the experience wasn’t even worth remembering.
    — Good Housekeeping, 27 Aug. 2018
  • Media, tax breaks and healthcare incentives for married couples combine to communicate that singleness will be punished.
    — Shaadi Devereaux, refinery29.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Since her divorce from Matt more than three years ago, Amy has embraced her singleness, become a grandmother, and found love with boyfriend Chris Marek.
    — Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2019
  • Sprinkled throughout the series are gut-wrenchingly honest video diaries where Ross gets candid and emotional about loneliness and singleness.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Aug. 2025
  • To solve the singleness of money issue, Lee noted that the most important element for a stablecoin is the bankruptcy-remote structure of its reserves.
    — Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Her ensemble cast, most of whose members are Shaw Festival veterans, performs with a telepathic singleness of purpose.
    — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2017
  • Franklin, who is also a minister, was inspired to tell this particular Bible story after preaching a sermon series on singleness and relationships.
    — Giana Levy, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Key turns to the 10 songs on Mitchell’s album Blue, using each song to think through how singleness has shaped her life socially, emotionally, and materially.
    — Hannah Rosefield, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
  • Purity culture does not permit women to solve their singleness by taking matters into their own hands and going out and getting a man (and certainly not going out and getting any other kind of romantic partner).
    — Good Housekeeping, 27 Aug. 2018
  • Selena Gomez is celebrating singleness, and Carrie Bradshaw would not approve.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The stigma surrounding singleness has fluctuated considerably over time.
    — T.l. Andrews, Quartz, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Bureaucrats are doomed to fail pioneering efforts requiring singleness of purpose and continuity of effort especially having risky and unforeseen outcomes of competing interests.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The Bank for International Settlements has long scrutinized stablecoins regarding the singleness of money, questioning whether these instruments can reliably be redeemed at par under market stress.
    — Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • The report, published Wednesday by a church Commission on Families and Households, urges people to honor singleness and single-person households — and to be open to reimagining a society that allows everyone to thrive, including the unpartnered.
    — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023

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