unbefriended

Example Sentences

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He had chosen to try the issue alone and unbefriended.

From Father Stafford by Hope, Anthony

It seemed to be his miserable destiny to rust away, useless, unbefriended, and forgotten.

From Seekers after God by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

He was genuinely sympathetic, especially towards the hopes and struggles of the young and the unbefriended.

From Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography by Russell, George William Erskine

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

“That is one thing sure; but I have seen this, Nanna: that the wicked is unbefriended in his death-pang.”

From Prisoners of Conscience by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston