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
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
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)
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
As the feeling of enjoyment in action grows strong, the feeling of a dependent state of being, the feeling of being a messenger, grows weak.
From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David
