Examples of orphanage in a Sentence
After the death of his parents, he was raised in an orphanage.
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Roberts has an American Dream story - from his beginnings in an orphanage in South Korea.
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Elizabeth MacBride,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Set in reform schools, psychiatric wards, or overcrowded orphanages, the narratives explore the systemic erasure of identity.
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Literary Hub,
1 July 2026
In addition to a starry road trip through musical Americana (with none other than Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and James Brown), Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi are Chicago criminal siblings on a mission from God to save their old orphanage.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Actor Pilot Bunch was in an orphanage as a young child in Kazakhstan, where he was barely touched before being adopted by an Atlanta family.
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Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
1 July 2026
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Elizabeth MacBride,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Set in reform schools, psychiatric wards, or overcrowded orphanages, the narratives explore the systemic erasure of identity.
—
Literary Hub,
1 July 2026
In addition to a starry road trip through musical Americana (with none other than Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and James Brown), Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi are Chicago criminal siblings on a mission from God to save their old orphanage.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Actor Pilot Bunch was in an orphanage as a young child in Kazakhstan, where he was barely touched before being adopted by an Atlanta family.
—
Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
1 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for orphanage
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“Orphanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orphanage. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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orphanage
noun
or·phan·age
ˈȯrf-(ə-)nij 
: an institution for the care of orphans
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