beggared

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"Beggared," exclaimed both the Boy Aviators who had regarded Mr. Beasley—as indeed did his friends in general—as one of the "best fixed" business men in New York.

From The Boy Aviators in Africa by Goldfrap, John Henry

Slay we then love on love’s red altar-stone— Beggared of all, I face the world forlorn.

From Sonnets and Songs by Whitney, Helen Hay

Beggared and degraded, he might still have maintained his heart, but he has thrown even that to the winds.

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

Beggared Croesus passed famishing Lucullus in the street, and once mighty viziers shivered under threadbare garments in the biting frost as they hurried over the crisp February snow.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph

Beggared then of every other resource, try this.

From Early Reviews of English Poets by Haney, John Louis