unbefriended

Example Sentences

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It was impossible to leave a woman unbefriended, in that helpless position and in that solitary place.

From Armadale by Collins, Wilkie

I found him, lonely and unbefriended, the very next night after our talk, at the Dugald Delane's burra-khana.

From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard

To the westward was an immense open track before him, in which, if unbefriended by either sun or moon, he might wander until life were at an end.

From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. by Collins, David

Cried the Poet, unknown, unbefriended, As the vision, that lured him to follow, With the mist and the darkness blended, And the dream of his life was ended; How cold are thy baths, Apollo!—Longfellow.

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland

I was a poor, uneducated, unbefriended, mountain girl, raised from nothingness by him.

From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft