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
Degraded from the rank of allies, the Lazi were incessantly reminded, by words and actions, of their dependent state.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 by Milman, Henry Hart
Indeed, this very word "own," which so long ago in our own tongue took to itself the symbol of possession, well exemplifies his dependent state.
From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival
If his dependent state irked him, his hosts did not perceive it.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
Their attempt to force an oligarchy upon every dependent state was an unwise policy, which made them generally odious.
From The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes by Kennedy, Charles Rann
