dependent state
Example Sentences
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It was hard, she said, to shake off the dependent state of being a prisoner.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2011
If his dependent state irked him, his hosts did not perceive it.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
We did not make a proper use of last winter, neither could we, while we were in a dependent state.
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis by Moncure Daniel Conway
Indeed, this very word "own," which so long ago in our own tongue took to itself the symbol of possession, well exemplifies his dependent state.
From The Soul of the Far East by Percival Lowell
The explanation of this lies in the wretchedly dependent state of native authorship at that time.
From A Study of Hawthorne by George Parsons Lathrop
