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Fatherless is an English word with synonyms like parentless or illegitimate. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Fatherless in a sentence

Fatherless | Fatherlessness

Fatherless meaning

  1. Without a (living) father.
  2. Without a known author or inventor.

Synonyms of Fatherless

Using Fatherless

  • The main meaning on this page is: Without a (living) father. | Without a known author or inventor.
  • Useful related words include: unparented, parentless, illegitimate.
  • In the example corpus, fatherless often appears in combinations such as: the fatherless, and fatherless, fatherless child.

Context around Fatherless

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Fatherless

  • In this selection, "fatherless" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, names, class, abortions, children, deconstructs and myth stand out and add context to how "fatherless" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include almost 60 fatherless children were and and how fatherless children are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "fatherless" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with fatherless

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Anger about feeling different, poor and fatherless. (7 words)

The Washington StandBlack Americans Are Highlighting the Fatherless Epidemic. (9 words)

My young children would have been fatherless but God said no. (11 words)

One young CDF Freedom Schools scholar, Andrew, read aloud this message to his city council members: “I do not approve of gun violence because it puts a direct impact on kids and it makes them motherless and fatherless. (38 words)

The elder Smith, however, was also called to give patriarchal blessings to the fatherless within the church, and the church as a whole, a calling he passed onto his eldest surviving son Hyrum Smith prior to his death. (38 words)

In his book The Boy Crisis, Dr Warren Farrell explains how fatherless boys, and to a lesser extent girls, tend to have less empathy and are more likely to break the law. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

Josh Levs’s article, “No, Most Black Kids are not Fatherless” deconstructs the “70% of black children are fatherless” myth.

One young CDF Freedom Schools scholar, Andrew, read aloud this message to his city council members: “I do not approve of gun violence because it puts a direct impact on kids and it makes them motherless and fatherless.

The birth didn’t bring the joy that it should have, as Dickey remained terrified to let anyone know that she was an unchaste woman with a fatherless child.

The Washington StandBlack Americans Are Highlighting the Fatherless Epidemic.

My young children would have been fatherless but God said no.

At a time when more children than ever are being raised in fatherless households, Scout leaders should be playing a crucial role as surrogate dads.

Anger about feeling different, poor and fatherless.

He summarized “all the gold diggers I met” as “All fatherless.

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In his book The Boy Crisis, Dr Warren Farrell explains how fatherless boys, and to a lesser extent girls, tend to have less empathy and are more likely to break the law.

International rapper Jay-Z landed in hot water after he names fatherless as one of the catalysts for police brutality in America.

It is not race but class, fatherless homes, lack of good middle class jobs, education are the root cause of this.

In a series over the next five weeks, we’ll discuss several ways the institution of fatherhood has been denigrated, who has done it, and how fatherless children are created.

They also promote gay marriages, abortions, fatherless families, open borders, sanctuary cities and globalism.

We in the church have given birth to children and then left them fatherless and trying to survive on their own.

Days later, widows, with almost 60 fatherless children were welcomed by the parish of El Estor for several days, until the soldiers forced them to return to their village.

Fatherless at a young age, he was raised by his devoutly religious mother.

He viewed it as "motherless paternity in the place of fatherless maternity" where once altered, Athena's character was to be crystallized as that of a patriarch.

Loeb continued this work and became well known for creating fatherless frogs using the method. citation citation When Morgan returned to Bryn Mawr in 1895, he was promoted to full professor.

Tärnström's widow blamed Linnaeus for making her children fatherless, causing Linnaeus to prefer sending out younger, unmarried students after Tärnström.

The elder Smith, however, was also called to give patriarchal blessings to the fatherless within the church, and the church as a whole, a calling he passed onto his eldest surviving son Hyrum Smith prior to his death.

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Common combinations with fatherless

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "fatherless" in a sentence?
An example: "Josh Levs’s article, “No, Most Black Kids are not Fatherless” deconstructs the “70% of black children are fatherless” myth." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "fatherless" from authentic English texts.
What does "fatherless" mean?
Fatherless means: Without a (living) father.
What are synonyms of "fatherless"?
Common synonyms of "fatherless" include: unparented, parentless, illegitimate.
How many example sentences with "fatherless" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "fatherless", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.