impoverished

Example Sentences

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In 1945 America was wealthy and powerful, Europe impoverished and weak.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

He has also spearheaded humanitarian campaigns, including the Hurricane Katrina response in New Orleans, and in Haiti after the impoverished Caribbean nation's 2010 earthquake.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Even if the regime doesn’t fall, it will be leaderless, impoverished, isolated, besieged, mostly disarmed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

She said Warren's dogs were kept in an "impoverished environment" and had not been walked for four weeks before the incident, making them "incredibly frustrated".

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

He looked like an impoverished old man, one of those sad wandering souls who travel the provinces hawking their wares from door to door.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende