orphan

Example Sentences

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An orphan himself, Lucas is horrified by the idea that Claire will be separated from her baby.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

My own grandmother came here as an orphan when she was 6 or 7 years old.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

They moved on to the titular boxer in "Creed," tormented by his father's legacy, and the villainous Killmonger of "Black Panther," traumatized by being an orphan in a racist world.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

And it’s incredibly unfair that Renee Good is dead, that her wife is a widow and her son an orphan.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

Dad was all set to go into a new act—the benevolent superintendent taking the little orphan tykes out for a drive.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey