'orphan' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'orphan' with 7 example sentences.
- orphan noun
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: a child who has lost both parents
: someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
: the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
: a young animal without a mother
- orphan verb
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: deprive of parents
A child whose parents are dead is called an orphan.
Ninety-five percent of orphans are older than 5 years old.
Have you ever dedicated a song to the orphans?
After retirement, Teresa devoted herself to caring for orphans.
The orphan children were told to behave themselves.
Being an orphan, my father had to start earning money at ten.
He is a war orphan.