orphaning
- present participle of orphan.
Example Sentences
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Within these confines, COVID-19 advanced without mercy: orphaning children, killing breadwinners and shattering families.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022
“The biggest fear around spring bear season is the orphaning of cubs, that’s a very emotional argument. Even as a hunter, my worse fear would be to take a sow. Especially in a spring season.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2021
In Texas, Lydia Rodriguez, 42, died this month of covid-19, two weeks after her husband Lawrence’s death from the same disease, orphaning their four children.
From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2021
Her husband succumbed to the virus as well, orphaning their newborn.
From Fox News • Aug. 10, 2020
Since the orphaning and especially since the blindness of Louise, Henriette cared for her with a love overwhelming as that of a mother for her helpless baby.
From Orphans of the Storm by MacMahon, Henry
