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
Sir R. Charles, Charles, these sentiments but ill become the dependent state in which Fortune has placed you.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)
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
This dependent state of mind is far removed from virtue.
From The Eve of the French Revolution by Lowell, Edward J. (Edward Jackson)
Annexation or confiscation are not compatible with our relations with this little dependent state.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William
