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

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

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

Every invention of what is called science takes the human race farther and farther from nature, nearer and nearer to an artificial, unnatural and dependent state.

From Critical Studies by Ouida

He was miserably put upon; treated with less consideration than the servants; made to feel his dependent state daily and hourly by petty annoyances; and yet she could not openly interfere!

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry