orphanage - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • found: She sponsored Whitefield on his travels to America where he founded an orphanage.
  • run: Nazareth house was an orphanage run by nuns in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • visit: In the next few days we plan to visit an orphanage, local schools for the blind.
  • build: It was His hand of love that built the orphanage.
  • establish: One-off gifts can be assigned to building projects, day schools, or to establish new orphanages.
  • leave: Whitefield left the orphanage to the Countess in his will.

Adjective modifier

  • state-run: Up to five volunteers work in the country's largest state-run orphanage, with over 150 children.
  • Romanian: Nanny in a Romanian orphanage Nanny in a Ski Resort, Nanny on Camp America.
  • local: They go to the local orphanage where they meet someone they like.
  • several: There are several orphanages you can be placed in, all within an hour from Kathmandu.
  • large: A number of large state orphanages have been closed in the county during the past few years.
  • many: My visit to just one of the many orphanages in Kashmir was enough to remind me painfully of the tragic costs of the conflict.

Modifies a noun

  • building: She pointed out details from the original orphanage building.
  • project: Give some money to the Rumanian orphanage project that my son's school supports.
  • child: FLYING the flag: The Ceilidh band handed out Scottish flags to the children at their concert for the orphanage children.

Noun used with modifier

  • elephant: You will see the baby elephants being washed in river at the elephant orphanage ( you may even take part!
  • state: A number of large state orphanages have been closed in the county during the past few years.

Possessives

  • child: We have raised money for a children's orphanage in Belarus.

Preposition: for

  • child: Dana spent her first four years at Hale House, a NY orphanage for children whose parents abused drugs.
  • week: Unsure what to do, he hung around the orphanage for a few weeks.

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