How to Use orphanage in a Sentence

orphanage

noun
  • After the death of his parents, he was raised in an orphanage.
  • He was saved from that road by a woman who took him to an orphanage.
    — Rebecca Rose, Cosmopolitan, 8 Oct. 2015
  • When the aunt could not handle him, he was put in an orphanage.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Young girls housed in an orphanage are being taught to read or make lace.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
  • The four boys — his nephews — need a guardian or they will be split up and sent to an orphanage.
    — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The new film tells the story of a headstrong young girl who grew up in an orphanage.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021
  • This child would be number twenty-two at the orphanage.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The girls from the orphanage will be able to work in the store to learn skills and meet the requirement.
    — Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Her birth records were sealed, and she was made a ward of the state and placed in a medical orphanage.
    — Fiona Tapp, SELF, 18 Jan. 2019
  • His father grew up in an orphanage and his mother in foster care.
    — Melanie Marshall, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The couple own an orphanage in Haiti.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The girl had cried in terror at being taken away from the orphanage.
    — New York Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • In photos taken at the time, the chateau looks more like an orphanage than a real home.
    — Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The brothers had rented a bounce house and brought it to an orphanage in their home country.
    — Robert Philpot, star-telegram, 28 June 2018
  • Boyle met some of the children and saw the conditions at the orphanage.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The infant, taken to an orphanage, grew up to have a happy life.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Blough has made five mission trips to an orphanage in South Africa.
    — Michael Osipoff, Post-Tribune, 25 July 2017
  • He was briefly placed in an orphanage while Aunt Emily looked for work.
    — New York Times, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Lillian was one of the smartest and most talented girls in the orphanage.
    — Marion Winik, Washington Post, 2 June 2022
  • Pedro had no surname; his nickname came from his days at the orphanage.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • There were informal orphanages for a long time.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 May 2026
  • But the vast majority of adoptees did not pass through the state orphanages.
    — Rachel Nolan, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • So the footage was scrubbed and the trio reshot the number more simply, inside the orphanage.
    — Gregg Kilday, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022
  • As adults, the two reunite and move to Brookfield to start their own orphanage.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Questions were also raised over the conduct of staff at the orphanage.
    — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Outside the walls of the orphanage the danger is very real.
    — Denise Schrier Cetta, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The mother went straight to the orphanage, which was in another town.
    — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The orphanage now houses more than 90 elephants, and the twins will be added to the list.
    — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Kenneth, who was put in an orphanage, has remained an orphan ever since.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • Colson spent the first nine years of his life in Haiti and was in an orphanage after his father passed away.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2022

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