motherless
Britishadjective
adverb
Example Sentences
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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
If half of all children are girls, we have 64,500 more motherless daughters now.
From Salon
The motherless cubs aren’t yet self-sufficient and thus are at high risk, triggering the search for them in the parklands, he added.
From Seattle Times
Her thoughtful look at how her identity as a refugee intertwines with that of a motherless daughter speaks to feelings both specific to the displaced and familiar to anyone afflicted with loneliness.
From Los Angeles Times
Edelman has led motherless daughters’ groups, and her books have helped usher in a new way to live with loss.
From Seattle Times
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