dependent state
Example Sentences
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It was hard, she said, to shake off the dependent state of being a prisoner.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2011
Archie naturally resented her allusion to his penniless and dependent state.
From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert
His behaviour in this dependent state, was the very reverse of what it should have been.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. by Cibber, Theophilus
Their dependent state was an unnatural state, and when the reaction came, the torrent swept all before it.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various
Annexation or confiscation are not compatible with our relations with this little dependent state.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William
