orphan

Example Sentences

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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

Initially, Dunk doesn’t know him to be anything other than an orphan in need of a purpose.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

For generations, this imposing photograph of a clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln—age 51 and at the crest of newfound national fame—inexplicably remained an orphan in the Lincoln visual canon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

My grandmother became an orphan at the tender age of seven.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi