This is the first round where the contestants are partnerless. |
He came across Humphrey, who was partnerless for the moment. |
Cora was led away, and Dora slipped into the next room, that her mother might not be vexed at her partnerless state. |
That often left Cora partnerless unless she wanted to dance again and again with Raymond. |
He was weakened and partnerless on Peeping Tom, a sitting duck for backed-up critical resentment. |
You'll find abundant variations on the accidental family in fiction and in life, but the one Endicott selects for the childless, parentless, partnerless Clara is peerless — and literal. |