Examples of orphanage in a Sentence
After the death of his parents, he was raised in an orphanage.
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Kenneth, who was put in an orphanage, has remained an orphan ever since.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 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
There were informal orphanages for a long time.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Before her death in Chicago at age 67, Cabrini founded 67 schools, orphanages, hospitals, convents and places of worship in North and South America.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 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
There were informal orphanages for a long time.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Before her death in Chicago at age 67, Cabrini founded 67 schools, orphanages, hospitals, convents and places of worship in North and South America.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 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 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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