On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Foundling. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as baby or babe and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Foundling in a sentence
Foundling meaning
An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.
Using Foundling
- The main meaning on this page is: An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.
- Useful related words include: abandoned infant, baby, babe, infant.
- In the example corpus, foundling often appears in combinations such as: the foundling, foundling hospital, foundling home.
Context around Foundling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foundling
- In this selection, "foundling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, moscow, mandalorian, york, hospital, home and kids stand out and add context to how "foundling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the moscow foundling home was and a mandalorian foundling. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foundling" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foundling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That’s what it means to be a foundling. (9 words)
Occasionally a foundling was anonymously left on a Shaker doorstep. (10 words)
He was rescued and inducted as a foundling by a member of Death Watch. (14 words)
In 1722, Coram embarked on what was to be a 17-year journey to establishing The Foundling Hospital (“hospital” referring then more generally to hospitality), a charity that took in infants whose parents were unable to look after them. (39 words)
However, the Moscow Foundling Home was unsuccessful, mainly due to extremely high mortality rates, which prevented many of the children from living long enough to develop into the enlightened subjects the state desired. (33 words)
Through the Pharaoh's daughter (identified as Queen Bithia in the Midrash ), the child was adopted as a foundling from the Nile river and grew up with the Egyptian royal family. (31 words)
Example sentences (18)
He was rescued and inducted as a foundling by a member of Death Watch.
Luke Skywalker offered Grogu a choice: train as a Jedi and never see Din Djarin again, or leave and fully embrace being a Mandalorian foundling.
Ragnar's safe return is truly a miracle, and the other foundling kids clanging their armor in celebration is a hilarious, bitter irony.
Polly Braden: Leaving Ukraine at The Foundling MuseumUntil 1 September, £12.75 — includes entrance to the museum.
That’s what it means to be a foundling.
In 1722, Coram embarked on what was to be a 17-year journey to establishing The Foundling Hospital (“hospital” referring then more generally to hospitality), a charity that took in infants whose parents were unable to look after them.
It is surrounded by a legacy of compassion for children: to the north, the remnants of Captain Thomas Coram's Foundling Hospital, now a children's park.
Not so any more as in the main picture gallery of the Foundling Museum the portraits of the make governors have been replaced with women.
Program: G.F. Handel, Blessed Are They That Considereth the Poor (or Foundling Hospital Anthem); J.S. Bach, Cantata BWV 137; Henry Purcell, Jubilate Deo and Te Deum.
How adoptions originate The New York Foundling Home is among North America's oldest adoption agencies Adoptions can occur either between related family members, or unrelated individuals.
However, the Moscow Foundling Home was unsuccessful, mainly due to extremely high mortality rates, which prevented many of the children from living long enough to develop into the enlightened subjects the state desired.
In addition to the Foundling Hospital, Handel also gave to a charity that assisted impoverished musicians and their families.
In his later years, he took a deep interest in the fate of the strange foundling Kaspar Hauser who had excited so much attention in Europe.
In response, family preservation efforts grew M. Gottlieb, The Foundling, 2001, page 106 so that few children born out of wedlock today are adopted.
Occasionally a foundling was anonymously left on a Shaker doorstep.
Rousseau wrote that he persuaded Thérèse to give each of the newborns up to a foundling hospital, for the sake of her "honor".
Since the Moscow Foundling Home was not established as a state-funded institution, it represented an opportunity to experiment with new educational theories.
Through the Pharaoh's daughter (identified as Queen Bithia in the Midrash ), the child was adopted as a foundling from the Nile river and grew up with the Egyptian royal family.
Common combinations with foundling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the foundling 5×
- foundling hospital 5×
- foundling home 3×
- as foundling 2×
- moscow foundling 2×