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

As the feeling of enjoyment in action grows strong, the feeling of a dependent state of being, the feeling of being a messenger, grows weak.

From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David

This dependent state of mind is far removed from virtue.

From The Eve of the French Revolution by Lowell, Edward J. (Edward Jackson)

Archie naturally resented her allusion to his penniless and dependent state.

From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert

Their attempt to force an oligarchy upon every dependent state was an unwise policy, which made them generally odious.

From The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes by Kennedy, Charles Rann