waif

Example Sentences

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The day after she and her husband, Jack, sculpt the figure of a child out of snow, an ethereal waif emerges from the wilderness.

From The Wall Street Journal

“You are the waif’s last relation in the world. Without you, the child is destined to a most piteous life in the orphan asylum.”

From Literature

And with all this talk of hanging, how could she dream of accusing a poor waif of a child, who likely had no one to teach him right from wrong to begin with?

From Literature

America crumbles and she takes to the road, collecting waifs and strays and founding a utopian community in rural Oregon.

From Salon

The trial heard him described as a "ruffian" and a "street waif" who never stood still.

From BBC