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Recent Examples of motherless
The story is narrated by Eshe, a motherless pregnant teenager whose love for her brother Skeetah is at the heart of the novel, along with Skeetah’s love for his prize pitbull, China.
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Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
Expect rich character development in both Vernice and Annie—two motherless best friends being raised in the Jim Crow South—and absorbing prose in this sweeping saga.
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Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
5 June 2026
Racine and Anaia are motherless and fatherless.
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Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
At Helen Woodward Animal Center, one polydactyly mother cat has stretched out her paws to a litter of six motherless kittens to join her own, a news release stated.
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News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
Kin is about two childhood friends—both motherless daughters—on the road to womanhood and partly set in Georgia’s capital, in particular at Jones’s alma mater, Spelman College.
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Riza Cruz,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2026
Both are motherless but for different reasons.
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Tembe Denton-Hurst,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2026
Instead, Jones wrote an historical novel set in the 1950s and ‘60s about lifelong friends Annie and Vernice, two motherless girls born in small-town Louisiana who take different paths in life to fill the void left behind by the absence of a mother’s love.
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Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
22 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
Expect rich character development in both Vernice and Annie—two motherless best friends being raised in the Jim Crow South—and absorbing prose in this sweeping saga.
—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
5 June 2026
Racine and Anaia are motherless and fatherless.
—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
At Helen Woodward Animal Center, one polydactyly mother cat has stretched out her paws to a litter of six motherless kittens to join her own, a news release stated.
—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
Kin is about two childhood friends—both motherless daughters—on the road to womanhood and partly set in Georgia’s capital, in particular at Jones’s alma mater, Spelman College.
—
Riza Cruz,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2026
Both are motherless but for different reasons.
—
Tembe Denton-Hurst,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2026
Instead, Jones wrote an historical novel set in the 1950s and ‘60s about lifelong friends Annie and Vernice, two motherless girls born in small-town Louisiana who take different paths in life to fill the void left behind by the absence of a mother’s love.
—
Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
22 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motherless
fatherless
Adjective
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That his children are fatherless because his ideas and his beliefs differed from somebody else, apparently.
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“Motherless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motherless. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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