lifelong bachelor

collocation in English

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lifelong
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈlaɪf.lɒŋ/us
/ˈlaɪf.lɑːŋ/
lasting for the whole of a ...
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bachelor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbætʃ.əl.ər/us
/ˈbætʃ.əl.ɚ/
a man who has ...
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(Definition oflifelongandbachelorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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And, of course, it was the will of somebody who was alifelongbachelorand had the reputation, perhaps wrongly, of being a woman-hater.
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He was alifelongbachelor, and in his final years he was cared for by his sister.
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He never married and remained alifelongbachelor.
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There he died, childless and alifelongbachelor, in 1801.
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Alifelongbachelor, he left the island for good in 1832.
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He never contemplated marriage after that, remaining alifelongbachelor, and her photograph remained on his bookcase until his death.
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Tyson, alifelongbachelorwho never dated, was rumored to be too intimate with his players.
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He was alifelongbachelorand a printer by trade.
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Swope was known to be mild-mannered and self-conscious, and was alifelongbachelor.
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Until he arrives at the seventh line, he has been alifelongbachelor.
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Thelifelongbachelorcalled his paintings my children.
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Alifelongbachelor, he had once been engaged, but his fiancee called off the wedding.
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Alifelongbachelor, he possessed an extraordinary memory and a firm and wide grasp of history.
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He appears to have been alifelongbachelor, and always called himself an outsider.
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Riethmuller was alifelongbachelorand there is no record of his having made any deep attachment beyond family and friends, usually married women.
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Alifelongbachelor, he has now married a woman with whom he had a close friendship for years.
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Fowke was alifelongbachelorand died with no close kin.
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Bruckner was alifelongbachelorwho made numerous unsuccessful marriage proposals to teenage girls.
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Alifelongbachelor, he was survived by his sisters, nieces and nephews.
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He was alifelongbachelor.
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