servitude
Example Sentences
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They are legal filings, but they are also declarations or pleas to a judge: The government simply cannot keep this person locked away or trapped in servitude.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The books take place in a galaxy where space travel is fast and many people live in indentured servitude to giant corporations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Viewers eventually learn Sophie’s servitude is forced after her parentage is revealed — she’s the illegitimate daughter of an earl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
No-nonsense Maomao, a Tang Dynasty-era girl raised in a brothel who escapes servitude to parlay her apothecary skills in service of the palace, is one of the best female protagonists of all time.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
Free from families, my mother would live for two years without servitude.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Vocabulary lists containing servitude
13th Amendment (1865)
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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