poor person
Example Sentences
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I recognize that extracting tithing from a millionaire is more materially fruitful than getting it from a poor person.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2023
“I am a poor person, a poor migrant living here in peace,” he said outside the embassy, where other Nigerians had begun camping, fearing for their safety.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
You’re absolutely freaking right that you shouldn’t be the example of a “good” poor person because being poor doesn’t define your value as a person.
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2022
"This poor person just dissolved into tears and as she sobbed, she told me that I was the first person who had embraced her since her husband had died," he told BBC Radio Scotland.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2022
This was some poor person Peachy and the Abbouds had never met.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
