Examples of orphanage in a Sentence
After the death of his parents, he was raised in an orphanage.
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Weber conducted an exhaustive search for the existence of Sister Elsie and found no proof of any existence of Sister Elsie or a Catholic orphanage in the Tujunga area at the time.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
The Kenya Wildlife Service on Sunday defended the construction as part of a plan to expand the orphanage and improve the visitor experience, effectively dismissing claims of land grabbing.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
The twins were taken to a police station by their father's partner and wound up at an orphanage.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
In her new memoir, Transcendent, available June 9, the actress and LGBTQ+ advocate, who turns 54 on May 29, reveals that during her adolescence, her mother left her and her twin brother Lamar — an artist now known as M Lamar — at an orphanage for what Cox says was a month.
—Lizzie Hyman, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
The Kenya Wildlife Service on Sunday defended the construction as part of a plan to expand the orphanage and improve the visitor experience, effectively dismissing claims of land grabbing.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
The twins were taken to a police station by their father's partner and wound up at an orphanage.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
In her new memoir, Transcendent, available June 9, the actress and LGBTQ+ advocate, who turns 54 on May 29, reveals that during her adolescence, her mother left her and her twin brother Lamar — an artist now known as M Lamar — at an orphanage for what Cox says was a month.
—Lizzie Hyman, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
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“Orphanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orphanage. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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orphanage
noun
or·phan·age
ˈȯrf-(ə-)nij 
: an institution for the care of orphans
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