orphanage
noun
or·phan·age
ˈȯr-fə-nij 
ˈȯrf-nij
Examples of orphanage in a Sentence
After the death of his parents, he was raised in an orphanage.
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To successfully retake the area and maintain control, police would need to evacuate the orphanage, whose plans to relocate the children after the abduction had been blocked by threats from the gang.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
When an orphanage is shuttered, the couple welcome a nun and several of the girls into their home.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Nemes and regular co-writer Clara Royer start with a prologue four years after the war when young Jewish boy Andor (played at that age by Tibor Martin Lobbert) is retrieved by his mother Klára (Andrea Waskovics) from the orphanage where he was placed as an infant.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
The overgrown playground of the Kherson children's house (orphanage) where Russian forces allegedly took 46 children from, is seen on November 27, 2022, in Kherson, Ukraine.
—Irwin Redlener, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
When an orphanage is shuttered, the couple welcome a nun and several of the girls into their home.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Nemes and regular co-writer Clara Royer start with a prologue four years after the war when young Jewish boy Andor (played at that age by Tibor Martin Lobbert) is retrieved by his mother Klára (Andrea Waskovics) from the orphanage where he was placed as an infant.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
The overgrown playground of the Kherson children's house (orphanage) where Russian forces allegedly took 46 children from, is seen on November 27, 2022, in Kherson, Ukraine.
—Irwin Redlener, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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 10 Sep. 2025.
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orphanage
noun
or·phan·age
ˈȯrf-(ə-)nij
: an institution for the care of orphans
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