servitude

Example Sentences

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Sara suddenly found herself unwillingly living a life of servitude.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

The Declaration proclaimed all men created equal, yet the new nation’s economy depended on enslaved labor in the South and indentured servitude in the North.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Six seasons of TV and three feature films depict servitude as a benevolent state, sometimes verging on jolly.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

Involuntary servitude, however, is still in the Constitution.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2024

My servitude pained him, but not enough to return him to the arms of his odious, though beloved, wife.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine