daughterless
- a word derived from daughter.
Example Sentences
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Cruz, whose father emigrated to the island in 1939, when the population numbered 11, offered a farmer’s perspective to the idea of daughterless mice: “It’s like artificial insemination in cattle,” he said.
From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2017
This so-called daughterless breed could eliminate a native mouse population without environmental poison, without offshore animal relocations, without all the logistical nightmares entailed by the Floreana project.
From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2017
But she was daughterless herself; her family feeling was strong; and Mary's society was an old and pleasant habit one could ill have parted with.
From The Marriage of William Ashe by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
The great question for the county was debated in many households, daughter-thronged and daughterless, long subsequent to the memorable day of Willoughby's coming of age.
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
"She has no compunction about rushing off to work on a newspaper, day after day, and leaving me daughterless," complained Mr. Ashe lightly.
From Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
