On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Orphan. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as orphaned or fry and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Orphan in a sentence
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Orphan meaning
- A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
- A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
- A young animal with no mother.
Synonyms of Orphan
Orphan vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Orphan
- The main meaning on this page is: A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died. | A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them. | A young animal with no mother.
- Useful related words include: orphaned, fry, tyke, tike.
- Possible Dutch translations are: wees, weeskind, weesjongen.
- In the example corpus, orphan often appears in combinations such as: an orphan, orphan who, the orphan.
Context around Orphan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Orphan
- In this selection, "orphan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, irish, little, treat, drug, kids and nor stand out and add context to how "orphan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 001 has orphan drug designations and a little orphan girl. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "orphan" sits close to words such as activision, adamawa and andrade, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with orphan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He says he’s an Irish orphan; police, victim say he’s a Dayton. (14 words)
Birtamimab has received fast-track designation, orphan drug designation and has a special protocol assessment. (15 words)
And so far, we have been granted fast track designation, rare pediatric disease designation, and orphan drug designations. (18 words)
From essentially being a lonely orphan with delusions of grandeur to finding a family and friends who accept him for who he is, Superboy learned compassion and love, applying those principles to his crime-fighting. (35 words)
Albireo Pharma, Inc, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of novel bile acid modulators to treat orphan pediatric liver diseases and other liver or gastrointestinal diseases and disorders. (33 words)
Season 4, Episode 2, "Leela's Homeworld," after winning orphan of the year, Leela laments that she has never met her parents and doesn't even know what planet she comes from. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
He told her he was an orphan from Jerusalem, though he was neither an orphan nor from Jerusalem, she said.
LAM-001 has Orphan Drug Designations in the US for the therapy of LAM disease and PAH, as well as Orphan Drug Designation in Europe for the therapy of LAM disease.
Shown with Dan, from left to right, are Bob Ernst; Virginia Burbank, Founder, An Orphan’s Dream; Carol Murugi, Director of An Orphan’s Dream; and Symon Maringa, President.
A fiction chronicle of the northeast working class diaspora experience as teen João hits Rio’s suburbs, falls in with other migrants caring for a little orphan girl.
Albireo Pharma, Inc, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of novel bile acid modulators to treat orphan pediatric liver diseases and other liver or gastrointestinal diseases and disorders.
And so far, we have been granted fast track designation, rare pediatric disease designation, and orphan drug designations.
Angelica is one of the many orphan kids in this strange city, where there aren't any adults.
At just 11 years old, actress Isabelle Fuhrman () took on the difficult role of portraying the titular orphan Esther / Leena.
Birtamimab has received fast-track designation, orphan drug designation and has a special protocol assessment.
Despite a sheriff ruling that he is Rossi, he claims to be an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight.
For instance, I am an orphan doing all things for myself, but this scholarship has helped me very much to meet up with academic demands.
From essentially being a lonely orphan with delusions of grandeur to finding a family and friends who accept him for who he is, Superboy learned compassion and love, applying those principles to his crime-fighting.
He says he’s an Irish orphan; police, victim say he’s a Dayton.
Importantly, Ms Masselos - who described the event as 'Orphan's Christmas' - said council staff had even monitored social media prior to the Christmas Day party.
John Fawcett, original co-creator of the hit sci-fi drama suggests the upcoming spinoff Orphan Black: Echoes will be a very different show.
Like Arthur, he was an orphan of Merlin who became one of Arthur's top captains in version of King Arthur's Britain.
Not only is this a story about orphan kids finding their homes, but it also involves time travel and science.
On this occasion, however, cultural policy was clearly cast as the orphan and there was no debate, with participants simply repeating talking points already formulated by the parties.
President Muhammadu Buhari has underscored the need for education, saying as an orphan who never knew his father, he got enlisted into the Nigerian Army because of his education.
Season 4, Episode 2, "Leela's Homeworld," after winning orphan of the year, Leela laments that she has never met her parents and doesn't even know what planet she comes from.
Common combinations with orphan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an orphan 60×
- orphan who 12×
- the orphan 11×
- orphan and 11×
- orphan drug 10×
- orphan of 8×
- little orphan 6×
- orphan in 6×
- young orphan 6×
- -year-old orphan 6×