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Meanings of still-born in English

Dead at birth.

Synonyms
Examples for "stillborn"
Examples for "stillborn"
1
Birth was induced on June 9th and the baby boy was stillborn.
The Irish Times
2
But it's just the same when that child is stillborn, she says.
The Guardian
3
Mr Quince and his wife, Eleanor, had a baby who was stillborn.
BBC
4
Every one has been stillborn, or a monstrous thing that couldn't live.
Hidden Warrior
5
The risk of these babies being stillborn was nearly seven times greater.
The Guardian
1
I had a son deadborn, which I perceived abated something of the king's ardor; for his temper could not brook the least disappointment.
A Journey from This World to the Next
2
I hope I am not considered a member of this organization as it is a failure, and I hate to participate in deadborn adventures.
Rescuing the Czar: Two authentic diaries arranged and translated
3
The "Elegy for a Deadborn Child" here is such a poem.
The Irish Times
Usage of still-born in English
1
The still-born constitution was Mr. Busby's proposed means of checkmating a rival.
The Long White Cloud: "Ao Tea Roa"
2
Miss Goodwin nodded and gave me the still-born affirmative of politeness.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 7
3
Those sprightly sallies became rarer; epigrams died, still-born, on his lips.
South Wind
4
The woman had given birth to three still-born children, and always menstruated easily.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
5
When death means life there is no death, but the towns were still-born.
Tales of the Wilderness
6
Walsh, they say, will kill it, unless it should chance to be still-born.
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian ...
7
I wanted to wear my six-months' mourning for our still-born love.
One Day / A sequel to 'Three Weeks'
8
The still-born child is wrapped in a mat and placed in a hollow tree.
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the L...
9
That child, a boy, came in December; but was still-born.
The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft
10
Sir, it fell what they call still-born from the press.
At a Winter's Fire
11
Bob Pillin had of late been harassed by the still-born beginning of a poem:
Five Tales
12
Fred Starratt had a sense that it had died still-born.
Broken to the Plow / A Novel
13
At the bottom of her heart was the hope that the child would be still-born.
Of Human Bondage
14
This was recorded in Germany in the last century, but all the calves were still-born.
The new yorker
15
Here was the library, lined ceiling-high with books that had fallen still-born from the press.
The Gates of Chance
16
Should she eat fruit that has fallen to the ground, the child will be still-born.
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the L...