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    Use "poor" in a sentence

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    poor


    1. ” They are offering shelter for the poor and hungry as long as you change your beliefs to fit their expectations


    2. The only thing that fooled us is that most people are poor here, all they have is a little piece of ground and a hut


    3. No one is poor who has land he can live on


    4. bit poor at times but I was sure that I had been here before


    5. Levels of digestive enzymes may be lowered as a result of taking various medication, poor eating habits or ageing


    6. Exercise also can relieve constipation and stimulate the appetite in poor eaters


    7. How do we justify the exploitation of poor, wastage of food, raping women, killing people, settling disputes through war, grabbing land to build temples, churches, mosques in God’s name and minting money on the name of faith and so on


    8. It is certainly difficult to remain silent when you see your grandchildren making poor decisions


    9. No doubt that was the effect of the poor relations with Jorma and the reaction to his attitude


    10. She comes from a poor family that wants her to dance because she was good at it when she was little and it makes them feel like they can schmooze above their social status if they have a daughter who does ballet

    11. Poor health and high stress of plants are due to improper nutrition


    12. There are a number of NGOs doing good work in the field of healthcare, bringing up parentless and destitute children, care of physically handicapped, education of poor children, nourishment for patients and disaster management and rehabilitation


    13. Poor ventilation in crawl spaces will encourage moisture and dampness will occur which is again great conditions for the termites to live in


    14. Japanese Beetles love poor dead soil since their natural enemies are not present


    15. It is particularly so for the lower middle class and poor people


    16. Boys, girls, old ladies, intellectuals, rich and poor


    17. "How many poor slave traders did you have to kill Lieutenant Petrakis, to save those dirty child sex slaves?" She imitated the young reporter with an exaggerated whine


    18. think of those starving kids in Africa or the poor maimed sods in war zones


    19. Poor Will just sucked it up and continued on


    20. My poor son

    21. Sammy the Shark was mean to you? He lifted you up, did he? Oh you poor thing now


    22. The poor widow must have had the revelation about the principles


    23. Parasites who feed off the poor after the banks have already stripped them of everything they possess


    24. As a physical specimen, he was entirely the opposite of the poor wretch sitting


    25. anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to


    26. I am all those moments when the poor creatures realise that everything


    27. You were very poor


    28. The poor kid was frozen, stuck to the kitchen chair


    29. Nothing like my poor old Will all his bad luck


    30. “For the love of God…how long has this poor guy been sittin’ here?”

    31. The poor always have more children than the rich, and they use them either as young workers, or as “hope for their old age”


    32. A congregation that caters to the wealthy and powerful to the neglect of the poor and sometimes uneducated is doomed to fail


    33. Poor sod! Although they moved into the village some three years ago, his wife has been working in Bristol so doesn’t know many people and the other week he was worrying at me that she was lonely, so I suggested that he tell her about the Granny & Grandpa Club


    34. Poor old Nick gets it all when he calls round one evening just before the meeting


    35. I’ve got into the habit of bouncing things off him, poor sod!


    36. ‘That poor wife of his is due to give birth any day, from what I hear


    37. This was a form of deference that pandered to these poor men’s insecurities


    38. She was born in Patras, she has an older sister and a younger brother, her parents were too poor to bring up three children, so the girls were raised by their grandmother


    39. When you are poor, you had better lie low


    40. Besides, when you are poor -that is away from powerful networks- you lack knowledge for a truly profitable enterprise

    41. Those who are poor and bold inevitably make bad investments and eventually lose their money


    42. I felt filled with compassion for these poor souls travelling into the unknown with me


    43. I felt an enormous sympathy for poor Beniamin, not because of his captive state, but because he was so clearly lost


    44. Unlike her mother, a poor and feeble creature tied to the old days, a woman who shimmered like a pallid ghost among the ruins of their estates in the mountains, a woman who wore the same, disgustingly stained gown throughout her long and decrepit life, this Countess had broken with those dusty traditions


    45. ‘The poor kid!’ Iain said, passing a hand across his face


    46. As a physical specimen, he was entirely the opposite of the poor wretch sitting cross legged in the back of the Metro


    47. I am all those moments when the poor creatures realise that everything is in vain


    48. ” Remember that these are people who use power and strength and force to oppress people and get richer and richer off of the oppression of the poor


    49. However, Issa will fall on him and probably terrify the poor lad with her more than likely tearful welcome at Abery


    50. there was no trace of the poor Dinu anywhere














































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    Synonyms for "poor"

    poor poor people hapless miserable misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful wretched inadequate jejune short meagre deficient paltry incomplete scanty insufficient lacking indigent destitute insolvent distressed broke underprivileged impecunious impoverished inferior mediocre faulty shoddy second-rate rustic seedy jerry-built barren fruitless sterile unfertile unproductive underfed emaciated gaunt hungry lank lean abject base cowardly mean humble unpretentious unlucky doomed luckless star-crossed

    "poor" definitions

    people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)


    deserving or inciting pity


    having little money or few possessions


    characterized by or indicating poverty


    lacking in quality or substances


    of insufficient quantity to meet a need