in the poorhouse
Example Sentences
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Their names were lost, and not much about their lives was known beyond the barest facts: an old age spent in the poorhouse, a problem with cavities.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024
“I was afraid I’d put my family in the poorhouse because every time I went by an antique store I’d go in and buy watches,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2019
“We were in the poorhouse when Citibank called us,” the governor recalled in a later interview.
From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2019
Thenceforth Sharp devoted all his energies to collecting lullabies, carols, love songs and work songs—in streets and kitchens, out in the fields and in the poorhouse.
From Economist • Aug. 17, 2017
“I haven’t seen you in the poorhouse yet.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
