be poor
Example Sentences
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But he fears that, without some substantial rainfall, the crop will be poor after such a hot, dry summer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Both are known to be poor investments as a group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Every week, Neeta Bhojwani spends hours binge-watching dramas about wealthy men pretending to be poor and angry ghosts out for revenge.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
That means solar systems whose chemistry is very different from ours may be poor candidates in the search for life.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026
The idea of what it means to be poor changed in the late sixties, when American manufacturers began to import their products from overseas and we began to accumulate “things.”
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
