unmothered
- a word derived from mother.
Example Sentences
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He was talking to himself—broken, anguished words— but Una heard—heard and understood, with the sudden illumination that comes to sensitive, unmothered children.
From Rainbow Valley by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Do you think you'll be left to the sound o' wailin' an' weepin' Lonely an' cold in the cloam, unmothered an' stark?
From Cornish Catches and Other Verses by Moore, Bernard
If it is the will of the beneficent gods that you find the unmothered woman of great beauty in time, then it shall be so.
From Son of Power by Comfort, Will Levington
GOD gave to me a child in part, Yet wholly gave the father's heart: Child of my soul, O whither now, Unborn, unmothered, goest thou?
From New Poems by Stevenson, Robert Louis
The accidents and vicissitudes of early chickenhood are serious matters to the unmothered chick, and they must not be overlooked by the breeder who figures his profits on paper.
From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by Streeter, John Williams
