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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was delivered of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is mainly used in formal contexts, and is an archaic way of saying "was born". For example: "Queen Elizabeth I was delivered of a daughter on 7 September 1533."
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My mother was delivered of a girl during the night.
The grand high Panjandrum of Swat's third-best elephant was delivered of a pup.
**{:.break one} ** She was not better till the 18th when she was delivered of a daughter.
She was not better till the 18th when she was delivered of a daughter.
It had been, said Time magazine after Mrs Brown was delivered of a daughter on July 25th, "the most awaited birth in perhaps 2,000 years".Thirty years after Louise Brown was born, "test-tube babies" are commonplace.
Nine months later Darleen was delivered of a baby girl, Taylor, now 2. Darleen is five months pregnant with a second child.
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One question was delivered on each of eight separate days.
She begins with the reference to Mary being delivered of seven demons by Jesus.
She has been delivered of an uncanny-valley CGI moppet called Renesmee, weirder and scarier-looking than any vampire.
Isabella Beeton was born in 1836 and died at the age of only 28, having been delivered of four children and a cookbook.
Seventeen hours later, the Duchess had been delivered of a son and many readers made enthusiastic use of the opportunity to share their views about the royal family.
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