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Meanings of still-born in inglés

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 inglés
        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...