Sentences with poor
poor
P p - The reason our schools cannot afford better teachers is because people here are poor.
- Even the poor have their pride.
- Poor is the simple, direct term for one who lacks the resources for reasonably comfortable living; impoverished (see impoverish) is applied to one who having once had plenty is now reduced to poverty [an impoverished aristocrat]; destitute implies such great poverty that the means for mere subsistence, such as food and shelter, are lacking [left destitute by the war]; impecunious applies to one in a habitual state of poverty and suggests that this results from personal practices [an impecunious gambler]; indigent implies such relative poverty as results in a lack of luxuries and the endurance of hardships [books for indigent children]
- Many countries in the Third World are as poor as they have ever been.
- I feel sorry for that poor child.
- The flat was in a poor state of repair.
- ...poor wages and working conditions.
- He was a poor actor.
- Fats and sugar are very rich in energy but poor in vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre.
- The poor
- The country had a poor economy
- A poor salary
- A region poor in wild flowers
- A poor play
- poor John is ill again
- poor crops
- poor soil
- A poor body
- To have a poor time
- A poor family living on welfare.
- A region poor in mineral deposits.
- poor workmanship.
- poor soil.
- poor health.
- A poor cook.
- A poor audience.
- They shared their poor meal with a stranger.
- The poor dog was limping.
- Sympathy for the poor.