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

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

This dependent state of mind is far removed from virtue.

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

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

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

From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert