penniless
Example Sentences
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Wright also exerted financial control, leaving her "penniless".
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
So, if you happen to be one of the winners of tonight’s now $980 million Mega Millions jackpot, then how can you ensure you don’t end up penniless?
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2025
“Flummoxed by the lack of resources”—in other words, aware that a penniless Uganda needed to reform or collapse—he “comfortably settled” into the role of Western lackey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Its inhabitants are those of “there will always be an England” England: stern vicars, timid curates, lords and earls, penniless titled wastrels living on allowances from their uncles, imperious aunts, upper-crust twits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
