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
Despite the hospitality of his patrons, the poor scholar often felt the bitterness of his dependent state, but he bore it with equanimity, his hand ever eagerly stretched out for the prize of learning.
From The Glories of Ireland by Lennox, P. J.
Sir R. Charles, Charles, these sentiments but ill become the dependent state in which Fortune has placed you.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)
We did not make a proper use of last winter, neither could we, while we were in a dependent state.
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis by Conway, Moncure Daniel
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
