orphanage
Example Sentences
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Back in George Allan's organ orphanage, there is hope something might be done.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
According to Soumah, a woman in the hospital last summer announced to her that Sabina was being sent to an orphanage.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
While Pope Leo spent two decades as a missionary in Peru, Hicks worked at an orphanage in El Salvador from 2005 to 2010, according to a biography released by the New York archdiocese.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
Falling debris from the destroyed Atacms on Tuesday damaged the roofs of a clinic and an orphanage and struck a private house in Voronezh, Russia said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
This next baby, she told herself, coming from an orphanage, would never have known another mother.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
