motherless
Britishadjective
adverb
Example Sentences
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Indonesian authorities are working to repatriate five baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India, where they were found motherless in a forest, Jakarta's forestry ministry told AFP Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Ms. Aviv also uses one woman’s experience as a way of delving into the bruising trade-offs of Filipino women who work as nannies overseas so that their own children, motherless at home, have spending money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Delila Combs, 18, pleaded: "We can't watch our baby sister grow up fatherless the same way we grew up motherless... Please, please give our family the chance to heal."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
Just last year, Australian women conducted what’s thought to be the largest known study of motherless daughters.
From Salon ● May 11, 2024
She laughed as she told him about the motherless baby who still clung to life, about the young girl that Inatimi was falling in love with, about the women who sang in the evenings.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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