Example sentences for: orphaned

How can you use “orphaned” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A recap: Eleanor Roosevelt is born in 1884, orphaned early.

  • Titania, queen of the fairies, has already seduced Theseus, duke of Athens, and the struggle between her and her mate, Oberon, for possession of an orphaned changeling boy has generated hurricanes, floods, and "contagious fogs."

  • The Arab predicament is most painfully evident in what Ajami calls "the orphaned peace" with Israel.

  • Walker and Annie Turnbo Malone, two of the best-known entrepreneurs in African-American history, were both daughters of slaves, orphaned as children, who began as purveyors of black women's hair potions.

  • WHO/UNAIDS estimates that 940 children are living with HIV and that nearly 13,000 children were orphaned in Nepal due to AIDS at the end of 2003 [5].


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