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

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

This dependent state of mind is far removed from virtue.

From The Eve of the French Revolution by Lowell, Edward J. (Edward Jackson)

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

I am chiefly reconciled to leaving her, because I trust that in her enfeebled, dependent state, she may become influenced by Miss Charlecote and by you.’

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary