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
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
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 Lowell, Percival
Despite the hospitality of his patrons, the poor scholar often felt the bitterness of his dependent state, but he bore it with equanimity, his hand ever eagerly stretched out for the prize of learning.
From The Glories of Ireland by Lennox, P. J.
The explanation of this lies in the wretchedly dependent state of native authorship at that time.
From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons
