be impoverished
Example Sentences
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Dahlia Lithwick: I find the public-facing discourse around shootings to be impoverished, dangerous, and a powder keg on its own terms.
From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025
But our way of existing will be impoverished in the process.
From Scientific American • Jul. 12, 2023
If current trends continue, Reich said, swaths of boreal forests “will be impoverished, and they might even fall apart or collapse” over the next half-century unless warming slows.
From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022
Will they be impoverished by the roads paved, bridges repaired, airports upgraded, high-speed rail links built?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2021
But you have had all the admiration and love, and we must wait patiently until you understand that love can never be impoverished by giving.
From The Girls at Mount Morris by Douglas, Amanda Minnie