penurious

Example Sentences

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She wants to believe in his goodness, but the real issue is that she just can’t imagine her sad, penurious life without him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

In a ruling July 28, McMahon called them “hapless, easily manipulated and penurious petty criminals” who had no connection to any terrorist group and had “never remotely contemplated” violent extremism before they met Hussain.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2023

There his followers learn about his penurious childhood and his own children's lives.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2023

As three penurious gold prospectors, and Lloyd a conservative party activist, the 1910 climbers cherished their departed Republican, William McKinley.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2018

Magnificent establishments and penurious economy—ostentatious generosity and niggardly suspicion—constitute the centrifugal and centripetal focus of Holland's mechanism.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.