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Example sentences for: orphaned

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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.
He was Dale Evans' faithful husband for 50 years; modeled good habits for the kids who watched his show (he gave up beer off-screen and never kissed Dale on-screen); and adopted abused, orphaned, and ethnic-minority children.
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 eponymous heroine was born and raised in Quincy, Ill., and orphaned, just as the novel opens, at the age of 18.
The Arab predicament is most painfully evident in what Ajami calls "the orphaned peace" with Israel.