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.
  • The jaguar’s magic was believed to travel via the navel from the god to the shaman or king to the general welfare.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Especially when the health and welfare of the public is at stake.
    Gordon Schnell, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Putin promised to improve the Russian child welfare system in 2013.
    Clementine Fujimura, Fortune, 7 July 2023
  • Police did not say how the boy died in the release and did not specify what prompted the welfare check.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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 trooper entered the vehicle to make a welfare check and found the Henion had a gunshot wound, the agency said.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • There’s two things: The mission should always come first and the health, safety and welfare of the people who work here is important.
    Dan Morse, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Halfway there, Hopkins decided to call the police to do a welfare check.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
  • She was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child.
    Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The two officers were at the home after a neighbor requested a welfare check because the home’s front door was open.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • One of the members of the group contacted the Nevada State Park Police about a welfare check just before 3 p.m. local time, per the outlets.
    Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023
  • These days, though, the biggest story about welfare cheats isn’t about the poor making off with a few dollars in undeserved aid.
    Time, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Police conducted a welfare check March 20 at the family's home, but Noel was not there.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Deputies said Graham failed to report for duty last week and a welfare check was conducted.
    Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Calls ranged from welfare checks, family fights, and in one instance an assault with a deadly weapon.
    Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Apart Police found Mooney while conducting a welfare check.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Deputies were called to the couple's apartment on the morning of March 25 to conduct a welfare check after Smith, 59, failed to show up for work the day before, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Brian Bower said at a news briefing that officers received a call for a welfare check about 10:30 a.m.
    Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Zion, who was eight years old at the time, was playing video games at Jefferson’s house when an officer shot and killed the 28-year-old while responding to a call for a welfare check.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 1 Dec. 2023
  • When officers responded to Wilding’s home for a welfare check on Dec. 22, Herrling met them in the driveway.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Her mother requested a welfare check, which led to the discovery of her body on September 12.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Two such goods are child welfare and parental prerogatives.
    David McGarry, National Review, 15 Aug. 2023
  • His championship of the craft and for animal welfare were equal in their exuberance.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Arlington police, firefighters and medics responded to the Bardin Green Apartments at around 12:45 a.m. that morning to conduct the welfare check.
    Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2024

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