be impoverished
Example Sentences
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Otherwise, the rest of the budget, defense and otherwise, is going to be impoverished by the nuclear juggernaut.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2024
But our way of existing will be impoverished in the process.
From Scientific American • Jul. 12, 2023
Will they be impoverished by the roads paved, bridges repaired, airports upgraded, high-speed rail links built?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2021
“You don’t want to be impoverished because your mother has cancer. It’s already bad enough that your mom has cancer.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2016
We do not understand that selfishly to keep is to be impoverished, while freely to relinquish is to be enriched.
From The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism by Downton, Henry
