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

I am chiefly reconciled to leaving her, because I trust that in her enfeebled, dependent state, she may become influenced by Miss Charlecote and by you.’

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Archie naturally resented her allusion to his penniless and dependent state.

From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert

He points out the dependent state of his country in Europe, and asks: 'What is Portugal?'

From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru

The explanation of this lies in the wretchedly dependent state of native authorship at that time.

From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons