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Meanings of orphaned in English

Orphan.

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Examples for "orphan"
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Domestic violence is rising, always an orphan in the fight for attention.
The Guardian
2
Aims: GPR61 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor whose function remains unknown.
Pubmed
3
Hélène is an orphan, because the Wizard fixed her parents last year.
Say you're one of them
4
The widow and the orphan invest their little fortunes in our hands.
The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel
5
Sir, -As a former orphan I welcome the children's rights referendum.
The Irish Times
Usage of orphaned in English
1
Already millions of children in sub-Saharan Africa have been orphaned by AIDS.
The Irish Times
2
Ms Michelle Williamson was orphaned in the Shankill bomb six years ago.
The Irish Times
3
Srna's father was orphaned as a child in the second world war.
The Guardian
4
It is estimated more than 3500 children have been orphaned, she said.
Radio NZ
5
Family, ties of blood-they were things the orphaned half-elf wouldn't know about.
Dragons of autumn twilight
6
FIVE orphaned baby hedgehogs have been adopted by a Co Galway family.
The Irish Times
7
Not just the Russians but his father's betrayal had orphaned young Bond.
Carte Blanche
8
The Norfolk Road Bore is one of 11 orphaned wells in Taranaki.
Radio NZ
9
There isn't enough sentiment in your body to warm an orphaned bacterium.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
10
As for you, all of you-you'rejust a few of millions orphaned.
The Maze Runner
11
And she caught the orphaned George Washington to her and hugged him.
Mary Rose of Mifflin
12
A young woman was suckling a newborn piglet that had been orphaned.
Conquest of the Useless
13
The world certainly would not have regarded me as friendless or orphaned.
Painted Windows
14
The reckless part of me, the orphaned soldier-girl part-that'sall she is.
Ice Like Fire
15
If you were to die, I should be both orphaned and destitute.
The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London
16
Warwick is the boy who was orphaned by the barrel of wine.
The White Queen
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United States of America
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