unbefriended

Example Sentences

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He thinks I am poor and unbefriended, and he knows that I have no case.

From Fairfax and His Pride by Vorst, Marie Van

He was genuinely sympathetic, especially towards the hopes and struggles of the young and the unbefriended.

From Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography by Russell, George William Erskine

To the westward was an immense open track before him, in which, if unbefriended by either sun or moon, he might wander until life were at an end.

From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. by Collins, David

“That is one thing sure; but I have seen this, Nanna: that the wicked is unbefriended in his death-pang.”

From Prisoners of Conscience by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Mrs. Hurley is still there, the "Mend of the poor" for miles around, carrying sympathy, advice, and assistance to thousands of unbefriended creatures, and teaching faithfully all day in the School.

From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Brace, Charles Loring