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Example sentences for "poor place"

  • I'm afraid it must seem but a poor place to you, ladies," she continued, pushing forward a rocking chair for each.

  • Yes; a poor place to take you to, my dear but, as I told you, it was Hobson's choice.

  • But the best that's to be had will seem a poor place to you, Mrs. Keith, after what you've left behind in Lansdale.

  • A poor place, sir," he said; "a poor place.

  • It is a drearily-poor place, with the single recommendation of being built of stone, which can be had all round for the carrying.

  • The boy seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said-- "It is a poor place.

  • It was a poor place, as he had said--as poor as it could be.

  • La Madelena is the largest island in the Sardinian group, and while Porto Longone is a poor place, the town and harbour of La Madelena are much frequented in the communications and trade between Corsica and Sardinia.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "poor place" 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:
    away back; earthen vessel; never seems; not that; poor beggar; poor body; poor countries; poor country; poor dear; poor fellow; poor fool; poor gentleman; poor girl; poor heart; poor house; poor husband; poor lass; poor papa; poor peasant; poor relations; poor servant; poor sister; poor souls; poor woman; poor young; sometimes very