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
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
Millions were to be impoverished that she and her husband might pass through life reveling in luxury and charioted in splendor.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
