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

Participles, or participial adjectives, reversed in sense by the prefix un; as, unaspiring, unavailing, unbelieving, unbattered, uninjured, unbefriended.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

She replaced the orchids, deciding it was best to appear alone and unbefriended before Peavey.

From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen

Cried the Poet, unknown, unbefriended, As the vision, that lured him to follow, With the mist and the darkness blended, And the dream of his life was ended; How cold are thy baths, Apollo!—Longfellow.

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland

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

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