How to Use welfare in a Sentence

welfare

noun
  • The welfare of all the orphans was at stake.
  • He wants to do away with welfare.
  • I have your welfare at heart.
  • She donates to organizations concerned about animal welfare.
  • Who would think about their welfare?
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
  • The school called police and asked for a welfare check.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Police did not say what spurred the welfare check.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • This welfare wasn’t enough to replace it, but just enough to get by.
    — Stephanie Land, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The man flagged down a police unit and asked them to do a welfare check on his wife.
    — Nathaniel Percy, Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Far more money slips through the cracks in the welfare system each year.
    — Rachel Sheffield, Boston Herald, 26 May 2026
  • Klopp is less reserved on player welfare.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The child welfare agency is acting as an agent of the police.
    — Shoshana Walter, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Our populism thrived on promises of welfare.
    — Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Some spoke of new jobs, or of resuming contact with kids lost to child welfare.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The song takes on high taxes, abuse of welfare and selfish politicians.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Favre has not been charged criminally in the welfare fraud scheme.
    — Dianne Gallagher, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The victims were found four days later during a welfare check.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
  • That was when his vehicle was found along with a note that raised concerns for his welfare.
    — Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Page was found that day during a welfare check, prompted by concerned friends.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Zinder also served on two health and welfare pension funds.
    — Pat Maio, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The answer is not to abandon freelance welfare teams.
    — Emma Pringle, Deadline, 17 June 2026
  • The child was safely turned over to welfare officials.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And that same kind of logic ends up being applied in the child welfare system too.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 May 2026
  • Especially when the health and welfare of the public is at stake.
    — Gordon Schnell, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Cops charged Ramos with rape and endangering the welfare of a child.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • No out-of-state farmer is compelled to change a single practice under state welfare laws.
    — Jesse Plunkett, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
  • Police have not publicly revealed why they were called to perform a welfare check.
    — Ahmad Hemingway, ABC News, 19 June 2026
  • She was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child.
    — Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Boo and Scout were hand-picked for the Bidens by staff at the animal welfare group.
    — ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • All four were charged with 10 counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025

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