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Definition of motherless in English: motherlessadjective ˈmʌðələs Having no mother because she is dead or absent from the home. a motherless daughter, disowned by her father Example sentencesExamples - Many friends knew the tale of her remarkable childhood spent on the cattle stations, with her father and his motherless brood of five young children.
- Motherless, she was sent off early by her father to be a lady-in-waiting and was expected to make an advantageous marriage.
- She was educated largely at home, where, as the youngest of the motherless family, she may have fallen under the Wesleyan influence of her aunt.
- In 1992, 90,000 American women between the ages of 25 and 54 died and 125,000 kids under 18 were left motherless.
- The motherless family's pain is palpable and the sense of hopelessness can almost be smelt.
- Growing up motherless, Mary also lost her sister to suicide.
- The last two months have seen the release of three family films featuring single dads raising motherless only-children.
- I stayed in bed for two weeks, taking painkillers and sleeping pills; trying to silence the nightmares of crying, motherless babies.
- Mrs. Lorne treats Johnny kindly because she knows he is motherless.
- Countless readers have bonded with the character of Janie Crawford, a motherless girl raised by her grandmother.
Derivativesnoun Dylan and his black buddy, united by motherlessness, inherit a powerful ring from a local derelict. Example sentencesExamples - It is a patriarchal society's tradition of enforced motherlessness that is sought to be challenged at the cost of being regarded as an aberrant mother.
- Motherlessness in my situation was far too closely equated with lovelessness.
- One of his observations about the theme of motherlessness in my books, remains for me, the most valuable thing ever said about my work.
- Her motherlessness plays no small role in this; her obstinate self-sufficiency evidently compensates for her father's meekness and her mother's absence.
Definition of motherless in US English: motherlessadjectiveˈməT͟Hərləs Having no mother because she is dead or absent from the home. a motherless daughter, disowned by her father Example sentencesExamples - The last two months have seen the release of three family films featuring single dads raising motherless only-children.
- Motherless, she was sent off early by her father to be a lady-in-waiting and was expected to make an advantageous marriage.
- Growing up motherless, Mary also lost her sister to suicide.
- Many friends knew the tale of her remarkable childhood spent on the cattle stations, with her father and his motherless brood of five young children.
- The motherless family's pain is palpable and the sense of hopelessness can almost be smelt.
- Countless readers have bonded with the character of Janie Crawford, a motherless girl raised by her grandmother.
- In 1992, 90,000 American women between the ages of 25 and 54 died and 125,000 kids under 18 were left motherless.
- Mrs. Lorne treats Johnny kindly because she knows he is motherless.
- She was educated largely at home, where, as the youngest of the motherless family, she may have fallen under the Wesleyan influence of her aunt.
- I stayed in bed for two weeks, taking painkillers and sleeping pills; trying to silence the nightmares of crying, motherless babies.
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