become poorer
Example Sentences
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If wars destroy wealth or scarce oil drives up production costs, the world’s economies will become poorer.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Nawab Khan, who lives in Lohta, says weavers like him have become poorer in the past 10 years.
From BBC • May 16, 2024
“The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer — a group I now belong to,” said Mondabric, the Le Pen voter in Béziers.
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022
Subsequently, poor neighborhoods become poorer, and residents’ relationships with social institutions meant to alleviate poverty and inequality — like the criminal legal system — deteriorate.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2022
The land, never of the richest, had become poorer and poorer: it wanted draining and nursing; it wanted, in short, money laid out upon it; and that money Mr. Ryle did not possess.
From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry
