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Example sentences for "poor people"

  • Not of my poor people; though, indeed, many of my friends are very good: they are very kind to each other.

  • Devoted to poor people, arranging school treats, and making clothes.

  • Evelyn lay back in the corner of the railway carriage thinking about the poor people, and about the nuns, about herself, about the new life which she was entering upon, and which was dearer to her than anything else.

  • While the building was in progress, John Lombe hired various rooms in Derby, and particularly the Town Hall, where he erected temporary engines turned by hand, and gave employment to a large number of poor people.

  • His idea was, that we should never despise small interests, nor neglect the wants of poor people.

  • He had often lamented the fatigue that poor people had to undergo in travelling with burdens from place to place upon foot, and wondered whether some means might not be devised for alleviating their sufferings.

  • Instead of this plant, which grows wild in Sweden, another wild plant in Germany called post, and by botanists Ledum palustre, was in old times used for beer by poor people in its stead; but it occasioned violent headaches.

  • Numbers of the merchants of Galway died this year, and multitudes of poor people, caused partly by fever and by the scarcity, as wheat was 28s.

  • It was in the course of these bad years, in 1729, that Swift wrote his 'Modest Proposal for preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from being a Burden to their Parents or Country.

  • I often think we ought not to be too hard on poor people.

  • She would be delighted to come to the cottage and to look after my poor people.

  • Here is a Court primarily designed to adjudicate on the simple disputes of poor people.

  • In Germany and the Netherlands divorce is equally open to poor people, who receive State aid, and in Scotland there is a well-known system which is known as the Poors Roll, which is said to have existed since 1424.

  • Then she began stammering and complaining in a confused, husky voice: "Ah, if you only knew how sensibly those poor people talked to me to induce me to go back.

  • I will pack this box and then go down and comfort my mother; and visit my poor people, perhaps for the last time: ah me!

  • The saint clasped her hands and said, "Oh, my poor people!

  • Ah, now I see it is nonsense to despise money: here I come home sad from my poor people; and I used to return warm all over.

  • But the great impetus was given by poor people.

  • Here and there a light was burning in a room; some family had remained to keep its house standing as well as they were able; a family of brave or of poor people.

  • Poor people have to feed and keep them, only in order that they may learn how to kill!

  • And whereas thou sayest I am like the Pharisees, who said, none believe, but a company of poor people, which know not the law.

  • Doth not God, by instituting of a day unto holy duties, make great proof how the hearts and inclinations of poor people do stand to holiness of heart, and a conversation in holy duties?

  • I suppose it is intended that there should be poor people always, to give us something to do.

  • Of course," said Madge, "poor people do not have plenty of things.

  • Poor people, I am afraid they have not been enjoying themselves this year.

  • But during that terrible winter the poor people of Bergerac were in great distress, and Jasmin was summoned to their help.

  • He departed from Aurillac covered with the poor people's blessings and gratitude.

  • Povertà non ha parenti=--Poor people have no relations.

  • Masses of poor people learned to feed often on the roots of wild plants, since they were compelled by the scarcity of bread to search everywhere for some possible substitute.

  • Poor people have to be content with a yard-high pine branch with a French nail through it at either side of their doorway.

  • The religion of poor people is largely custom; I complain of educated people not that they are sceptical but that they are not sceptical enough.

  • They ceased to "look upon their own glory and to take delight in the flattery of poor people.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    boiled custard; during his; given twice; internal evidence; know him; mighty army; poor aunt; poor children; poor countries; poor father; poor fellows; poor folks; poor heart; poor house; poor lady; poor little; poor master; poor parents; poor relation; poor relations; poor souls; poor things; poor wife; poor woman; poorly developed; under wing