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.
His behaviour in this dependent state, was the very reverse of what it should have been.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. by Cibber, Theophilus
Archie naturally resented her allusion to his penniless and dependent state.
From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert
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
