unbefriended

Example Sentences

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It seemed to be his miserable destiny to rust away, useless, unbefriended, and forgotten.

From Seekers after God by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

They wander unsettled and unbefriended through our land, or sit indolent, abject and sorrowful, by the "streams which witness their captivity."

From Thoughts on African Colonization by Garrison, William Lloyd

A higher boon than these his prayer demands: O grant me, Phoebus, calm content, Strength unimpaired, a mind entire, Old age without dishonour spent, Nor unbefriended of the lyre.

From Horace by Tuckwell, William

On that dreary waste of waters He had died, and left her mourning, All unguided, unbefriended.

From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard

It was impossible to leave a woman unbefriended, in that helpless position and in that solitary place.

From Armadale by Collins, Wilkie