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Example sentences for "poor creature"

  • Is it not a wonder to see a poor creature, who in himself is weaker than the moth, stand against and overcome all devils, all the world, all his lusts and corruptions?

  • What would you have a poor creature do, that cannot tell how to pray?

  • But now for a poor creature to be brought thither, this is the life of the point.

  • Sure he thought he was comin' to a poor creature upon no good, and when he was drunk it was aisey to bring him anywhere--ha, ha!

  • She was not angry with Miss Macnulty, who was, almost of necessity, a poor creature.

  • But she was convinced more strongly than ever that some friend was necessary to her who should not be a poor creature.

  • I'm obliged to be a poor creature," said Miss Macnulty, with a red spot on each of her cheeks.

  • Lord Fawn, though a peer, was a poor creature.

  • She must surely be a poor creature, else how could such a thing have befallen her and have left so little trace behind?

  • Baker, of Whindale, accustomed to trouncing Mrs. Seaton, would have thought him a poor creature.

  • The man who can't amuse himself a bit out of the world is sure to get his head addled somehow, poor creature.

  • Poor creature," interrupts Madame Montford, for it is she whom Mr. Snivel addresses.

  • I took pity on her, for she seemed not a bad woman at heart, and always said she was forced by necessity into the house of Madame Flamingo-a house that hurries many a poor creature to her ruin.

  • At its opposite end it was linked to a strong leathern belt wound about the frame of a poor creature lying at full length on the bed and wasted to a living skeleton!

  • Can I, then, do nothing to help you, my poor creature?

  • Poor creature, I will not harm you," answered Lily, gently.

  • Let us take full advantage of his weakness; he is but a poor creature.

  • Do not keep too close to me; go and pay your court to my mother; tell her that I am dying, and that you cannot regret it, for that I am but a poor creature.

  • To complete Bodard's history as briefly as possible, he was a poor creature, he failed for fourteen millions of francs after the Prince de Guemenee.

  • But what can a poor creature, whose habitation is in flesh, do against a god, a prince, a roaring lion, and the power of death itself?

  • Christian, to the endangering of a poor creature to fall into the condemnation of the devil.

  • But if thou do find a parcel of plain, yet sound, true, and home sayings, attribute that to the Lord Jesus his gifts and abilities, which he hath bestowed upon such a poor creature as I am and have been.

  • I'm saying nothing about how she came here, but here she is, poor creature!

  • Well that's odd; but we never had it much talked about, poor creature.

  • Poor creature—he is greatly to be pitied!

  • I have brought home a poor creature, whom I found insensible—dying—in the streets; and I request you to provide a room for her.

  • You shall come with me, my poor creature," whispered the lady, in a kind tone.

  • You will think me a poor creature when I confess it.

  • To bring to justice the one woman whom I had dearly loved was too cruel a duty for a poor creature like me.

  • As a poor creature weakened by disease, the victim of her own nervous delusion?

  • Signora Barborin, who begged him to sit beside her at the table; she was so timid, poor creature!

  • My sister, poor creature, says: 'If I can see them settled in life, I shall no longer dread death.

  • He would be a poor creature,' she said proudly, 'if all danger would not be dear to him for me!

  • He is a poor creature,' said Santina, her lips curling.

  • Your promised man should; but he is old, and a poor creature.

  • But one mustn't be too hard on a poor creature, who is an orphan into the bargain.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "poor creature" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    been thinking; dark face; great error; poor aunt; poor beggar; poor chap; poor countries; poor country; poor creature; poor father; poor girl; poor lady; poor mistress; poor opinion; poor papa; poor parents; poor relation; poor soil; poor wife; poor woman; poor wretch; ranges from; this matter; turned away; warn thee; when they saw him