homeless person

Example Sentences

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Under Ms. Bass’s signature initiative, the city has spent $82,420 a year for each homeless person it has sheltered in motels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

So it was one homeless person in the front.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The detective believes Levine saw the bags Palacios was carrying and mistook him for a homeless person.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Equally as controversial are "bodies of the state" donations - when a homeless person dies on the street, or somebody dies in hospital without known next-of-kin, and their corpse is donated to science.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

Despite being beat-up, sooty, and dressed like a homeless person, she looked great to Percy.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan