Sentence example with the word 'orphanhood'

orphanhood

Definition n. the condition of being a child without living parents

Last update: October 1, 2015


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There was a general feeling that an orphan should speak less positively, even about her own name--should be, as it were, subdued from the mere fact of orphanhood.   [Please select]

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The fact that she had lost both her parents interested and pleased Dale: orphanhood seemed to contain the embryonic germs of a mutual sympathy.   [Please select]

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And as they journeyed toward the deacon's home, The child related how he came to roam, Until the listening deacon understood The touching story of his orphanhood.   [Please select]

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