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Example sentences for "poor girl"

  • I wonder if she remembered that afterwards, poor girl.

  • She had, of course, been very young and much spoiled, and had not learned self-restraint, poor girl.

  • She would give the whole thing away, poor girl.

  • He could not have married a poor girl--but they have been so happy together that Mina is growing fat, and spends her days in taking reducing treatments.

  • Rosalie, poor girl, always found herself nervous when Sir Nigel and Betty were in the room together.

  • My poor girl," he said, "you are the best of girls.

  • My poor girl," he said to her one evening, "what are you going to do for your wages, now that we have no more money?

  • Ah, my poor girl," said the doctor to her on this day, "how can you lose your time in such conceits!

  • There is the danger of her own self, poor girl.

  • But a poor girl like me is not afraid of the devil.

  • I am always on the watch, but what is a poor girl to do?

  • Miss Mohun refrained from grieving the poor girl by blaming Alexis for the impetuous selfish folly that had so greatly added to the general distress of his family, and rendered it so much more difficult to plead his cause.

  • They were all occupied with the poor girl, and I heard Mr. Woodcourt directing them and speaking to her often.

  • She was clumsy enough with her needle, poor girl, and pricked her fingers as much as she had been used to ink them.

  • It has been my privilege and duty to stand between the infuriated brother or father, who has followed close upon the poor girl, spear in hand, vowing to put her to death for the disgrace she has brought upon them.

  • Of course I could not say a word upon the subject to Lord Byerdale or Lord Sherbrooke; but in you I can confide, and on your judgment and activity I rely entirely for the recovery of my poor girl.

  • Jane is in a very bad way, poor girl; I can't think she'll live long.

  • Yes, it's about your husband, my poor girl; but there's nothing to be frightened at.

  • There's many a man high up has married a poor girl.

  • They deceive a poor girl--who is there to protect or defend her?

  • They treated me as they have treated many a poor girl, who had no more wish to go wrong than I had.

  • You won't succeed, my poor girl," he said.

  • Who would not have pitied the poor girl at that moment?

  • May an account of a poor girl, who seemed to have received great benefits from him, or from some of his family, especially as she had shown great eagerness on his proposing to write.

  • May's features and voice, as he said, "It is very kind in you; you have given my poor girl a great treat.

  • I believe I was hasty with you, my poor girl.

  • He said, "My poor girl, you have read us right.

  • Thank you for loving my poor girl as you do; give me your hand; God bless you.

  • It takes a little real love to go there with a poor girl like me.

  • But, laws, what can a poor girl like me do for a rich gentleman like you?

  • She, poor girl, might have been going to the gallows--and before the end of the journey would thankfully have gone there; and no wonder.

  • No one who saw Jehane with Richard in those days could hope for the poor girl's happiness.

  • I know it wasn't the thing to do before company, but I took her hand and called her a poor girl, and begged her to keep a good heart, and trust that her father loved her truly, and that her wrongs would be righted at the proper time.

  • I hope so; for I shall never feel easy until that poor girl is set free.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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