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

It does not, however, follow from this account, that there are no poor Quakers, or that members of this society are not born in a dependent state.

From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 by Clarkson, Thomas

I am chiefly reconciled to leaving her, because I trust that in her enfeebled, dependent state, she may become influenced by Miss Charlecote and by you.’

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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

From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert

He was miserably put upon; treated with less consideration than the servants; made to feel his dependent state daily and hourly by petty annoyances; and yet she could not openly interfere!

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry